March 1974

March 3, 1974: Got up. Went to church. Charles walked me to the sanctuary and then sort of faded away. Michelle E. came to our church today. I sat with her. Worked all afternoon. Me and mom had a lot of fights. Went back to church. I was really mad. I went to choir. Charles was late. Ate our little snacks. Went and watched the guys play basketball. Went to Training Union. Just talked and prayed and stuff. Michelle Ethridge came to church. There was a far out movie “A Thief in the Night”. The church was crammed full. After church, Charles was asking Frankie for my address and telephone number. He said he was going to call me. Today was the first day I said “I love you Charles”. In the margin: Charles is going to be a preacher.

March 4, 1974: Monday. Wore a dress to school. Went to the board in Algebra. In History I worked on my crossword puzzle. We stayed in Spanish all hour instead of going into our special class. I took a test in there. Took notes off the board in Science. Michelle Ethridge ate lunch with us. So did Frances Barnes. I wish Pat Hurley wasn’t moving. He is so good-looking, popular and I know him good. In English, we didn’t do anything cause all of them but eight of us went to Vo-Tech. So we just talked. We have to write an essay in speech on the 4-way rotary test. Yuk. Played basketball all afternoon. Dad and Mom went to Edmond to work on car.

March 5, 1974. Today is Tuesday. And Dino is 7 months. He now sits up. But he still doesn’t hold his bottle. He eats food off the table and he is the most darling baby I know. Wore my green outfit to school. 4 other people wore the same outfit. I couldn’t believe it. Took a test in history. I made a 98. In Spanish we started working with the family trees. Michelle started to eat lunch with us but saw her other friends. Miss Westerhide decided we don’t have to write those dumb speeches. After school I went to one of Darlene’s volleyball games. Boring. Watched “Happy Days” and “Snoop Sister” starring Alice Cooper (He is a boy.)

March 6, 1974. Hello. I was supposed to have two tests today but they were canceled. Yea!. Mr. Santa Cruz lectured our special class today on how smart we are and how successful we will be in life. At lunch Jeff was saving me, Judy, Kim and Michelle seats. He wouldn’t get up so me and Michelle ate by ourselves till he left. Studying Adjectives in English. Worked on our debates in Speech. Went shopping this evening and bought me a long purple dress for tomorrow night. Got to church late. Sat with Mom and Dad during church. Frankie & Cindy broke up tonight. Charles called me at 10:30. We talked for 20 minutes. I was so happy. We talked about everything. I do like him.