A word of the day which Mr Lupin taught me

Today the word is polydipsia, which Mr Lupin taught me means "excessively thirsty." Mr Lupin's clabbert, Clifton, had polydipsia this morning, which Mr Lupin says is a sign that his hutch is too hot and needs to be moved out of the sun. That is awfully hard work so Mr Lupin was nice enough to give me a break.

It is a nice change from scrubbing toilets but I'm back on them in the afternoon. My least favorite job is serving at table, though. It never seems like I'm quite clean enough to really serve food, so I feel guilty before I even start, and then everyone stares.

It isn't so bad though because at least Terry has taken care of his problem and I know that this will end and then I'll go back to the library. The first day I was so miserable I cried and cried and cried. I couldn't believe that anyone would be so mean, even though I know that people are mean to other Mudbloods all the time. It just had never happened to me really, since Mum and Dad always took care of me in the camps. If I didn't have parents, like Terry, I wouldn't have cried I bet, because I would have been used to it.

I haven't heard from Mum and Dad in a long time. I hope they're okay.