Wow! Dot sure does cram a lot of chat into this little letter! For the first time in ages, she’s back babysitting at the Pecsok’s house. Little Chuck has grown a lot and Linda is almost a year old. For the second time in as many days, Dot reminds Dart of events that she wrote about last year when he was a perpetual patient in Great Lakes Hospital.

As soon as Dot arrived today, Mr. Pecsok put on some square dance music and began to twirl Dot around the living room. When the music switched to a waltz tempo, he danced with Dot in perfect 3/4 time. She drew the line when the marching started! “Do you realize that’s the first time I’ve danced since October 16th, 1943? That is, if you stretch the meaning of the word dance and call what I was doing tonight dancing. Little did I know a year and a half ago that I’d want to spend the rest of my life dancing with you. Oh sure, I had big dreams, but I didn’t think they’d ever come true.”

Tomorrow, she sits with Chris and Eric Miller. She has plans with the Millers every Sunday throughout the summer. They have a very nice sail boat that Mr. Miller built by hand. On alternate Sundays, she’ll escort the boys for a Miller family sail. On the “off” weeks, she and the boys will stay home while Mr. and Mrs. Miller sail alone. What a great way to spend a summer, if you love to sail as much as Dot does.

She and Nancy are going to see “A Song to Remember” tomorrow night, on the recommendation of her parents. Although Dot’s not too keen on Merle Oberon, any movie that took seven years to complete must be worth seeing.

She hopes Dart forgives her for ending the letter to get some sleep. She was up until 3:00 AM this morning, and she’s been cleaning or babysitting all day.

No letters tomorrow or the next day, but Dot will return on the 8th and Dart on the 10th.