Why does everything bad happen at once?
I know bad luck is supposed to come in threes, but it's been my experience that it seems to come in sixes or tens instead. Arthur and I spent a few days at Hogwarts after the Attack and then took the Hogwarts Express home along with George and Percy and Fred and Penelope and left Ginny and Ron to themselves and now we're all here, Charlie as well, at the Burrow, Percy's been staying here instead of his flat and of course I can't blame him, and George and Fred are around as well and Penelope comes by for dinner, and the Lovegood girl from across the village stopped by this morning, and the only person who seems to be missing is Arthur because he's working so much lately... And we're all good, and we're all alive, and we're all healthy but the fact of the matter is the Ministry has made some pay cuts and they don't consider Misuse of Muggle Artifacts to be such an important department...
I've tried to avoid mentioning this to the children, poor Arthur is so upset and trying to help out and work extra time but money is just tight right now, tighter than usual and I just don't know what to do. We were really only expecting Ginny and Ron this summer you know, and maybe Harry for a time, Percy and Fred and Charlie and George have all moved out so of course we didn't figure in meals for that many people, or broken dishes for that many people and it's got to the point where we can't afford to have a stew ruined. We've always let the children have friends come stay at the Burrow when they, want but we've barely just got past this attack and now with Arthur's pay cut I'm afraid I just can't afford to have everyone here. Not my children, never my children, there will always be room for them but I just don't know what to do because we only figured for two of them this summer. And I've been so unhappy with just me and Arthur in the house, I love my Arthur but I want my children around as well, and poor Charlie has taken off from Romania because of the attack and now Arthur's afraid Charlie will lose his job if he stays away too long.
Arthur and I are just both so irritable because of it, I don't know what to do. I could get a job but let's face it there's nothing for me and then who will take care of my babies? My poor babies after all they've been through I just can't leave them alone.
I thought I could do some cleaning around the village when Arthur has time off but the only time he has off lately seems to be half four in the morning. I don't mean to let the children know about this but they have a right to know why they're not getting broomsticks and why they're friends can't come stay because we just.. we just can't feed that many mouths and I'm so embarrassed and it just makes me cry, but I can't do that because I can't let the children see and I'm just so angry.
I've tried to avoid mentioning this to the children, poor Arthur is so upset and trying to help out and work extra time but money is just tight right now, tighter than usual and I just don't know what to do. We were really only expecting Ginny and Ron this summer you know, and maybe Harry for a time, Percy and Fred and Charlie and George have all moved out so of course we didn't figure in meals for that many people, or broken dishes for that many people and it's got to the point where we can't afford to have a stew ruined. We've always let the children have friends come stay at the Burrow when they, want but we've barely just got past this attack and now with Arthur's pay cut I'm afraid I just can't afford to have everyone here. Not my children, never my children, there will always be room for them but I just don't know what to do because we only figured for two of them this summer. And I've been so unhappy with just me and Arthur in the house, I love my Arthur but I want my children around as well, and poor Charlie has taken off from Romania because of the attack and now Arthur's afraid Charlie will lose his job if he stays away too long.
Arthur and I are just both so irritable because of it, I don't know what to do. I could get a job but let's face it there's nothing for me and then who will take care of my babies? My poor babies after all they've been through I just can't leave them alone.
I thought I could do some cleaning around the village when Arthur has time off but the only time he has off lately seems to be half four in the morning. I don't mean to let the children know about this but they have a right to know why they're not getting broomsticks and why they're friends can't come stay because we just.. we just can't feed that many mouths and I'm so embarrassed and it just makes me cry, but I can't do that because I can't let the children see and I'm just so angry.