Short thoughts on the end of Harry Potter and weekend stuff

This weekend has been tiring but great. I obtained a copy of the last Harry Potter book on Friday night (technically, early Saturday morning). I have to admit that it was not worth waiting in line for 2 hours and twenty minutes because when I got home, all I wanted to do was sleep. I managed to read one chapter but then my eyes said “No more!” and drooped closed.

As much as I really wanted to read the book the next morning, I put it off to get a pair of cleats which are incredibly hard to find for women. Thank goodness for Sports Authority.

Though I was tired from having gotten home late on Friday, I spent the rest of Saturday reading 700+ pages. Normally one should take the time to savor books but as I knew I couldn’t read it on Sunday owing to practice, I finished it off at once. All I can say is that of the 7 books, the last is the best. Rowling certainly has gotten better. The plot made sense, the motives were strong and the characters were actually multi-layered. She pulled off that multi-layered bit really well, I might add.

One thing that may piss off fans is how Rowling sets the main characters’ futures in stone with an epilogue that went, “19 years later”. I honestly believe she wrote that to prevent any fans from trying to mess with her romantic pairings, as fanboys and fangirls are wont to do. (You know, on the 1 in a million chance I wrote a book series, I’d forbid fanfics until the series was over. Fanfics can seriously ruin your view of the canon material in the books. It skewed my perception, for sure.) I’m disturbed by how all of the children were named after dead people, though. It was seriously confusing to me.

All in all, I am a satisfied Harry Potter reader. It’s over. At last!

As for Sunday practice, I’m delighted to report that I have improved on batting since the last practice, though to contrast, I’m now worse on catching. Those balls can go high up. It’s very scary to attempt to catch them. I could catch it with my face, you see, and I don’t think that would really improve my features. Also, I got sunburned and am red right now. It should lighten into brown by tomorrow morning but still, I can’t keep getting sunburned. Think of the skin cancer! Think of the pre-mature aging! So I’ll have to wear a hat, which I haven’t done yet because I hate hats, I do, I do, but if it must be done, it will be.