03-24-2022, 01:13 AM
Helga was half expecting to be either the first or last to arrive at the founder's meeting room. After the dinner feast she had felt the weight of her exhaustion of the last few days finally hit as she entered the kitchen to help with cleanup. It was only after the room began to spin and she collapsed to the floor in front of the sink as she washed dishes did the house elves step up and insist she sit down and manage them instead from her seat as she rested a bit.
She hadn't liked leaving the work for them to do but it was a good reminder to herself she couldn't always be here for meals and she was hurting herself trying to do everything all the time and not taking proper care of herself. Starting tomorrow she would have other responsibilities to take care of and the whole point of hiring the house elves in the first place was to let them take charge of the kitchen. While she would have trouble completely letting go, it wouldn't hurt to check in with them at least once per meal just to be sure they understood her menu and didn't need anything. It would be a whole other matter to ease back on overworking herself to exhaustion, that was something she at this point seemed to be unavoidable no how much it worried her friends and fellow founders. Try as she might, she just had to make sure everyone was taken care of before she looked after herself.
Helga exhaled a slow breath as she paused by the door, glad this time she had managed to find the right room the first time. Opening the door, she jumped a tiny bit in surprised to see someone already here who surprisingly wasn't who she was expecting to find on time for a change. Had Salazar arrived first no doubt she would have found him still standing in the doorway in shock at seeing Godric here. It was hard to tell from here if his mood had improved from earlier, it was obvious at dinner he was in a good mood when he was happily stuffing his face but in a respectable way. No doubt he like the rest of them was trying to make a good first impression on their first group of students to the school.
"Good evening Godric. My this is a rather unusual surprise to see you here first. Not that its a bad thing, it will be nice to see Rowena and Salazar a little stunned when they come in to see you already here" she said with a warm tired smile. Helga calmly approached the table, moving to her personalized chair sitting and waiting for her in its usual place. It was a little wider of a chair, making up the extra space with some plusher cushions colored in a sunshine yellow and trimmed in a deep dark wood brown. Taking a seat, she couldn't help exhaling a tired sigh as she relaxed in the comfortable chair. "It will be a few more minutes until our evening drink and snack is ready. Providing any of us have any room left after the dinner feast that is. I don't know about you but I think I could squeeze in just one more drink." Helga added giving Godric a little more of a brighter smile. She hoped he was feeling better, remembering the very quick second she saw his face she had been a little worried something was wrong.
She hadn't liked leaving the work for them to do but it was a good reminder to herself she couldn't always be here for meals and she was hurting herself trying to do everything all the time and not taking proper care of herself. Starting tomorrow she would have other responsibilities to take care of and the whole point of hiring the house elves in the first place was to let them take charge of the kitchen. While she would have trouble completely letting go, it wouldn't hurt to check in with them at least once per meal just to be sure they understood her menu and didn't need anything. It would be a whole other matter to ease back on overworking herself to exhaustion, that was something she at this point seemed to be unavoidable no how much it worried her friends and fellow founders. Try as she might, she just had to make sure everyone was taken care of before she looked after herself.
Helga exhaled a slow breath as she paused by the door, glad this time she had managed to find the right room the first time. Opening the door, she jumped a tiny bit in surprised to see someone already here who surprisingly wasn't who she was expecting to find on time for a change. Had Salazar arrived first no doubt she would have found him still standing in the doorway in shock at seeing Godric here. It was hard to tell from here if his mood had improved from earlier, it was obvious at dinner he was in a good mood when he was happily stuffing his face but in a respectable way. No doubt he like the rest of them was trying to make a good first impression on their first group of students to the school.
"Good evening Godric. My this is a rather unusual surprise to see you here first. Not that its a bad thing, it will be nice to see Rowena and Salazar a little stunned when they come in to see you already here" she said with a warm tired smile. Helga calmly approached the table, moving to her personalized chair sitting and waiting for her in its usual place. It was a little wider of a chair, making up the extra space with some plusher cushions colored in a sunshine yellow and trimmed in a deep dark wood brown. Taking a seat, she couldn't help exhaling a tired sigh as she relaxed in the comfortable chair. "It will be a few more minutes until our evening drink and snack is ready. Providing any of us have any room left after the dinner feast that is. I don't know about you but I think I could squeeze in just one more drink." Helga added giving Godric a little more of a brighter smile. She hoped he was feeling better, remembering the very quick second she saw his face she had been a little worried something was wrong.
