January 2nd
I'm making a list of all the magic-related topics I am or might be able to talk about. Some of them may seem obvious, but I'm including the anyway. I don't want to risk skipping over anything.

Houses: This one should be simple. My parents already know I'm in Horse Hall, but the last time I talked to them, I didn't really understand the other Houses. Not that I'm an expert on them, but I think I can guess at the salient characteristics of those that are placed in them.
Wildseeds: As dangerous as it sounds, I'm going to have to perform so much fact-twisting that it won't even be about magic. The only question is, after all that, will it be worth bringing up?
Types of magic: I've mentioned this before. (Last year, as a matter of fact! ...yeah, sorry diary, I'm not going to stop finding New Years jokes funny for a while longer.) Are there ways to elaborate on this in ways that won't be breaking the rules? "I read it in a book, what do you think this would be like if it were real...?"
Specific Spells: Now this is dangerous. If I did use the "I read it somewhere" excuse, I would be able to just talk about it – "teleportation would, I think, be a power connected to Blue magic because it involves a change in position, but not in creation or destruction of the teleported object". And if not... well, it require more puzzling through.
Love Life: So discussing this won't bring about the cataclysmic end of the world as we know it, but it is embarrassing. They've always told me to go at my own pace (except when dad says that having no pace at all in this area is absolutely fine with him), but I know they must have some expectations of me.
So there's that.
And...
Oh, right, did I mention? The other school thing? I should have mentioned. For... posterity. Or really, for context.
Anyway, I've been taking classes online to make up for the time I'm missing here. Hey, going to a magical school isn't going to stop me from graduating high school!
I still need to know Calculus, I still need to know Physics, Spanish will be useful, Language will help me see the meaning of the written and spoken word and analyze situations to find the deeper meaning behind them… and speaking of Language (heehee) – I have an essay due today. It's been assigned since this morning.
...okay, so it was assigned two days ago, but I'm getting to it now. Procrastination works just fine for me, thanks.
While it would be much quicker and easier (and maybe even give more accurate results, given the state the building is in), I'm heading to the library to research topics for it.
I've missed that place.

-Illia