H is for . . .

I know it's Veteran's day. I do honor our veterans. I have two close family members that served in Iraq. One has also completed another tour in Afghanistan. I do honor them. And their families. And their sacrifice.

But THIS is the H that is foremost in my mind today:


Next Thursday night/Friday morning, Ben and I will be at the midnight opening of the next-to-last Harry Potter movie. Can't wait!

Now, for an adventure in commenting today, answer this question:

If you could be any character from Harry Potter, who would you be?

I've thought about this a lot the past few days, as a matter of fact. (There is a story behind why that's taken up so many of my brain cells, but . . . it's not that interesting.)

Hermione is strong, but she does marry Ron, and I just couldn't go there.
Beatrice L'Strange is a great villain, but . . . no.
Trelawny does have some interesting parts of her character, but I just don't have the sight, if you know what I mean.

Lupin? Maybe. He seems quite heroic and brave and smart.
Snape? He is, after all, the underlying hero of the entire series. How could I stand to be so unappreciated? That might be hard.
Hagrid? Too tall
Flitwick? Too short
McGonagall? Too strict
Voldemort? Too scary

Not Harry or Ron or Ginny or Aunt Petunia or Nearly Headless Nick.

I did think it was Dumbledore for a while. I wanted to be him. Really wanted to be. Smart, flawed, struggled with his search for power and seemed to conquer demons. That's really not me, in the end.

So who would I be? I think I'm already her!

Don't you wish you had Molly Weasley's clock that told her exactly where her family was?


Linking up to H on Alphabe-Thursday.