V. September 27
Dear Dad,
Today was our first day at Hogsmeade! I went to get some stuff for Albus and Lily, since I promised I'd send them a few packages. James was pestering to get him some stuff, so I did, but I gave him a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans! Haha! The first one he got was a grass flavoured one – sucker!
I talked to Aunt Hermione and she said she'd keep an eye on Andromeda on account of her behaviour. She's been acting rashly and forgetfully, Aunt Hermione told me. I wish I could go see her, but we're only a month into term. The new Transfiguration professor is an ass, though; expects us to do this perfectly the first time. I wish Professor McGonagall still taught - I heard she was a beast in her day! The DADA teacher is fantastic though – she taught at some duelling school before she came to Hogwarts. She really knows her stuff. I think she might've been injured on an Auror mission or something, but she won't say. I'll ask Uncle Harry if he knows her.
It was Aunt Hermione's birthday recently, so I sent her a birthday card along with some new quills. She replied to me saying that Andromeda's been acting relatively normal, though she definitely has bouts of forgetfulness. Aunt Mione thinks it might be something more though, so she wants to get Gran checked out just in case. She's trying to convince Drom to go to St. Mungo's, though you know how stubborn Gran is. She thinks she's fine and she insists that there's nothing to worry about.
Love always, Teddy