Dearest Hermione
I know it's been a long time since I wrote to you last, but as you will read in a minute, I have been extremely busy these last weeks. Still, I'm sorry, and I really miss you terribly. I can't tell you how much I'd love to hear more than a few words from you, or about you from Luna.
Anyway, on to my news. Well, work is what has been keeping me busy. We are now only six days a way from bringing the new dark magic detection system on line. Four years of work all comes to an end next Tuesday. That is of course, until I start my new job and spend the next however many years making changes to it. Still, I'll be out of the Department for Development of Magical Information Systems and moving into an area called the Department of Magical Systems Maintenance (or something like that).
Because of the rush to get everything finished in time, I've been working late and quite often at the weekend too. This hasn't left me a lot of time for anything else recently, and Ginny thinks this is why I have been ill for the last week – working too hard with little time to rest. At least we are getting away the weekend after next. Ginny's parents are having the kids and we are going to spend a couple of nights at a hotel in Cambridge. If you put the words 'Hilton' 'Doubletree' and 'Cambridge' into that computer interweb thing you have, apparently you can see pictures of it. It's our anniversary on the 29th so it'll be really great to have some time to ourselves for a change.
In other news, it was Ginny's parents 40th Anniversary last weekend and on Sunday they had a smallish party for some close friends and family. It was a nice day, but hard work for Gin and me. I had to help put up gazebos and sort out chairs and tables, while Gin largely organised food. Her parents enjoyed it though, and that's the main thing.
Lastly, and most importantly of all, I became an uncle again on Monday. Ginny's brother Percy and his wife Claire had a baby boy called Matthew. He was 8lb 11oz, but he's had to go into St. Mungos because he's not too well. Nothing life threatening, but he's not managing to clear mucus from his tummy so he's not taking on much milk and has become a bit jaundiced. I'm sure those healer-midwives will have the little lad sorted and home in no time.
Ginny is delighted at being an Auntie again, but sad that she hasn't been able to visit yet. I've had a streaming cold so I wouldn't have been allowed in anyway!
Well, that's all my news. Look after yourself, my most beloved sister. I'm thinking of you.
Harry.