About Me

Hi, my name is Alexa. I am an 18 year old freshman at Illinois State University. I am currently majoring in chemistry education and take dance classes on the side. But my story doesn’t start here. Like all stories this one has a beginning, a very interesting beginning. So I am going to start back to where it all began. I was eleven years old and it was the beginning of my life.
Looking back at my first day of school, I don’t think I realized I was about to embark on a seven year journey that would lead me straight to accomplishing my dream. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was unknown to me before I received my letter. The letter I received was like an acceptance letter of sorts, to a school I hadn’t even applied to let alone heard of. But once I stepped foot into that magical castle, I knew I was home. In the first year at school, students are sorted into four different houses. I was lucky enough to be sorted into Gryffindor. In my opinion it is where the best wizards come from and I am so happy I was able to be a part of it. In the beginning of my time at Hogwarts, I spent my time with friends and trying to participate in as much as possible. I enjoyed dancing with the Hogwarts Dance team and I also enjoyed some of their sports like track. Track and dance were great ways to get involved in school and a great way for me to express myself, especially dance. Creatively, emotionally and physically I can do anything while dancing and it is a great release. When I am dancing I can do anything, just like if I put my mind to it I can accomplish more than anyone can dream of.
The school was such a positive atmosphere, it was almost impossible to be down or negative. One thing that I can’t stand in this world, would be antagonists, their negativity is something I hate being surrounded by. Lucky for me, Hogwarts is a very positive place to be. Everyone here is so positive, except maybe the Slytherins. They are not the friendliest people in the castle. Besides antagonists I absolutely hate the sound of nails on a chalkboard. It’s unfortunate because there are too many chalkboards in Hogwarts and too many times have I heard that sound. But to help cancel out that unfortunate noise, the sound of laughter is always ringing in my ears and that makes it so much better. When Lord Voldemort isn’t trying to break into the castle, it is in my opinion, one of the happiest places on earth.
So besides my extracurricular life, my passion and dream is to become a chemistry teacher, which is why I was absolutely in love with my potions class all through school. I can still remember my first day of potions. I was terrified out of my mind because Professor Snape was the most intimidating man I had ever met. There was something about him in the beginning that just rubbed me the wrong way. Even though I really wasn’t too fond of professor Snape till my last two years of school, he really helped me fall in love with potions. I don’t know why, but there is something about potions that is just exciting. Having the ability to mix and discover new potions is intriguing. It wasn’t always easy though. There were many other students that had the potential of being better at potions than me. The main contender was this girl called Hermione Granger. At first I absolutely hated the girl because learning came so naturally to her and she already seemed to have all the answers, but she became a great study buddy in the end and we ended up becoming really great friends. That’s why I love chemistry and potions, it just brings people together. I ended up loving two people that I was extremely intimidated by in the beginning. It just goes to show what a great place Hogwarts is and how awesome potions are.
Even though I have already chosen my path to become a potions teacher, if I could be any other profession but my own I would definitely want to be a pediatrician. I used to spend my afternoons, when I wasn’t dancing, or in the potions lab or hanging out with my friends, with Madame Pomfrey in the infirmary. I ended up spending more and more time with her when I was in my last few years at Hogwarts and I really enjoyed taking care of the younger children that were sick. Children are great and I think that’s why I want to become a teacher. If I also had the opportunity to help take care of little children when they are hurt or sick I would be extremely happy as well.
Besides the fact that I went to a school for witchcraft and wizardry, I’m pretty much a normal girl. Yes I hung out with the most famous wizard of all time, this weird quirky kid named Harry, but I still enjoy the most normal things and I consider myself a normal teenager and witch. I may be able to perform your everyday average spells, but I am still a normal girl. One of my favorite wizardly things to do is, of course, making potions. There is so much to create and use, the possibilities are endless. There are so many spells in a witch or wizards spell book that it is hard to pick out a favorite. Some spells that I wish I could cast would definitely include banning any Saw movie from being made or distributed again and to cast a spell allowing me to live in a home that is the exact replica of the Friends set. I am absolutely in love with Friends and I am absolutely not in love with Saw.
Now that I have left Hogwarts and have moved on to Illinois State for my degree in chemistry education, I have started to realize the important things in life. I still cherish the wizarding world with all my heart and practice wizardry as much as I possibly can. But the one thing I love more than the magical world would definitely be my family and friends. I hope to have a loving, healthy and caring family in the future, just like the one I have now. That is the main goal I wish to achieve in my lifetime, to have a very happy family. If I achieve nothing else I will still be happy because I will have a loving family at my side.
So with this about me section, I hope you have learned as much as you can about me and my wizarding background. It was an unconventional childhood, but it was the most amazing time of my life. I encourage you to read further into my blogs to find out more about me and my days here at ISU. I’m writing this blog to help inform you about my life, but also because I am in a college English class. At first the blogs might seem a little boring, but I feel like as the semester progresses than I will start to get the feeling of these blogs. If you’re lucky you may find out more secrets about the wizarding world. I may be living a normal life now, but my wizarding life never will leave me. It will be hard at times to keep my talent hidden, but maybe it’s time to show the world what I am capable of. I’m sure everyone here at Illinois State will accept me for who I am. Who wouldn’t? I am a witch, how cool is that? It may seem like I’ve already accomplished my fair share of things in my life so far, but believe me I have so much more to do in my life. So go ahead read my blog and see what else is in store for me, if you don’t I may just put a spell on you.