What are your plans over the summer?

Think we might be able to work in some reasonably serious quidditch practice?

I'll be taking a position on the Cannons' practice squad starting next month, but I can't help but think some additional work beyond that would do me good.

I'll be there tomorrow morning after breakfast.

Just a reminder, I have my meeting with Transportation's Healer on Wednesday morning. I'm also scheduled with the Cannons for the first medical evaluation on the 22nd. I'll be gone for most of the day. To manage your expectations, even if I pass my relicensing for Apparition, I know that I am not yet fit flying form to be able to be hired yet. Dad, the best possible result of that evaluation is that they say they are excited to talk to me next month and that things are improving. You know Dralworth is having another terrible season, so there's a tiny sliver of hope.

My exercises continue, so I'll be out very early and back for breakfast. I've also agreed to help a friend of mine every morning. Just last week he got placed on a similar regime as I am on and it would be terrible for him if he stopped over break so I'm going to help keep him on track.

I received a letter from the Cannons today. They are offering me a reserve/practice team position!!!! I'm given to understand it is the league minimum contract, so it won't make me rich, but it's far better than anything else I can see myself doing straight after Hogwarts. Of course it also offers the possibility of advancement, Dralworth did not look good this year I can't see them keeping him on much longer. Or Merlin forbid, an injury.

I'm writing an intent to accept letter, with the proviso that I have two more tryouts in May and will sign definitively before the end of the month. Please keep this yourselves until I have signed off on the final forms.

On other matters, the letter was sent Tuesday I ought to have received it no later than Wednesday breakfast, but it did not reach me until supper today, opened, even the sealed contract. I hope Healer Kerr was in a foul mood when whichever snitch opened it reached him. Just another example of why you need to please write to the Board again, if things continue as they are Hogwarts will be unrecognisable by the time Jaspar attends. This needs to be nipped in the bud NOW.

Mr Cantervale,
Thank you for the interview this morning. I appreciated the opportunity to interview with you and learn more about your department. I found it very informative and gained an appreciation for all of the important, hard work you and your staff do.

I appreciate your patience in dealing with the stack of paperwork.

I look forward to hearing your decision soon.

Respectfully yours,
Cedric Diggory

Johnson if you could see to your Prefect duties and collar your twin trouble makers, I need to ask them a few pointed questions immediately after lunch tomorrow.

Marvolo and Davies, I'd like to talk to you about Quidditch for a few minutes after that. Johnson if you can stick around for that meeting as well it would be nice.

I'm sure everyone had a charming day yesterday at Hogsmeade. After a bracing walk over, I finished a spot of shopping and had a nice butterbeer.

I've been thinking about how exciting Hogsmeade day is, how mythic the shops are in our minds. The shops in New London are generally bigger and better stocked than those in Hogsmeade, but I don't hear third years talking about them with the same hushed awe as those in Hogsmeade. Is it because we can only go a few times a year, because it's always a group activity, a drawing ley-line running from Hogwarts to Hogsmeade or something even more fantastic?

Hufflepuff Prefects, we're having a meeting immediately after dinner. This will be somewhat short as some of us need to get off to Quidditch practice. The RSs will lead warm ups until we arrive.

I will be either in the library or the Hufflepuff common room all day until supper, if any prefects or students need me.

I've said it before and I will say it again. The prefects are here to help students with any problems they are having. Dealing with the necessary loss of someone you considered a friend can be traumatic. If anyone needs to talk through the friendly deception of traitors, we are available. If anyone has any memories of the traitor Fleet that they might feel they ought to report to the authorities, please come to me and I will pass this along to the proper authorities at a time convenient to them rather than a stream of students interrupting their important work.

Also please keep frivolous visits to the infirmary to a minimum as Professor Dolohov is still convalescing. Of course true medical emergencies should still report promptly.

Could we talk about Quidditch? Specifically what you think my chances of going pro are. If you have any advice about my final two games of the year for impressing the scouts (I'm not asking to for an advantage over Slytherin! Just in relation to the scouts) or if you think I'd have a better chance at open try outs. Is there someone still working inside the game you might recommend I write to?

I also wanted to find a time to get a bit more practice in on the most recent assignment. Something seems to not work right for me, I don't know if it's wand work, the incantation or something else, but I feel fuzzyheaded after casting it which I'm sure is not an acceptable side effect for a spell cast mid duel. Let me know if you just want me to show up at your next office hours or if you'd rather I come by some other time.

Thanks to everyone who showed up again this week. Green side ruled! I trust everyone on red side had fun even though they got trounced.

I hope we broke in time for everyone to get to their parties. May everyone's Twelfth Night be fine and festive.

See you all back at Hogwarts next week for an excellent second term!