Where is Home?

We're heading back to Kiama today.  

The inn is a bit expensive, and my parents figure we might as well stay in our house since it's already paid for.    Then we'll either come back here in a few weeks or return to London.   I guess it will depend on how the voting goes.    The refugee group is going to vote; and if the vote passes they're going to talk to the Ministry of Magic in New South Wales. 

If we live here, we'll have to live in tents.   That's where all the refugees are living.   It's not so bad since they're magical tents and fairly big.  

Some people though aren't happy about the refugees.   Before the war, there were only about 75 wizards living in the village.    Now that's doubled.  It's gotten a bit crowded.  

The most difficult thing is the entrance way to the village.   It's in a puppet shop for Muggles.  I told you guys that before, right?    There's security against apparating so it's difficult for wizards and witches to get in and out.    Before the war, they were talking about lifting the apparating ban. But now the Ministry is thinking of keeping it.   Since it's crowded in here, they feel there needs to be more security.

My mum says they should let people go in and out freely and just have security in the individual shops.

Mr. Cawood says he thinks there'd no reason to keep the ban;  but certain people aren't happy with the refugees and it's their way of making the refugee program look bad.   They want all of them to go back to London...not just us.   I kind of understand their point even though it's annoying.   The war is over.  It's probably safe for us to go back.   But I think a lot of people want to stay because they're happy in Australia.

I want to stay in Australia, but I'm not too excited about living in a refugee camp.    Most of the refugees will slowly move out of Gorgaryle and into the regular Sydney neighborhoods.  That's where most wizards here live.   But we won't be able to leave since we're supposed to be hiding from the government...not the magical one, but the Muggle one.  

It's all too crazy!!!!!!!!

And the worse thing is Julia's not going back to Kiama with us.  She's staying with the Cawoods.   It makes me mad because she knows how I feel about Malcolm, and here she's going to be staying in the same house as him.   I think she's doing it just to be mean to me.   

I hate that Malcolm asked her in the first place.