Reading this journal reminds me of how simple my life used to be. No job, no wife, no kid -- who, by the way, isn't quite as bad as this journal suggests she would have been. Thirteen months ... and my daughter, Lily Lovegood -- named after my mom -- a beautiful brunette, was born one month ago. We gave her Luna's last name because it'll attract less attention.
After all I've been through, I can't believe I'm really a dad. Nothing gives me more happiness than watching her sleep peacefully in her crib. And nothing gives me more amazement than thinking of what I had to do to get here. I'm really thankful I did, but Luna said Lily's going to be the first of many...
Don't get me wrong, I love Lily, but I don't like the idea of having multiple babies crying at the same time. One baby, even if she does wake us up in the middle of the night, will pale in comparison to what it will take to raise two -- or even three monstrous toddlers at the same time.
It hasn't been easy working at St. Mungo's -- yes, St. Mungo's. Don't ask me how, but I think since I put "Has been continually practcing spellwork for nine years" they thought I was at least a little bit more competant than I really am and put me at one of the easier wards as a junior healer -- the ward for bone injuries and such. I don't hate my job, but I don't get overjoyed while I'm there. The injuries are tediously common. Either the patient has a broken bone, a missing bone or too many bones -- there's not too much room for variety, but I can stand being able to hide my identity from most of the patients who don't have to stay over-night. The spellwork was hard at first, but the senior healer taught me how to correctly cast the spells rather quickly. And while the senior healer -- his name's Fredrick Freed, but we all call him Fred while we're not snickering behind his back -- even though he can do everything a lot faster than I can, I still feel that I'm actually doing something instead of just being an unemployed bum who doesn't contribute at all.
I guess, even though I saved -- well, helped save the Wizarding World from Voldemort, I can still contribute in other ways.