It means so much to Dot that her fiance called her last night. He knew how sad, lonely, and homesick she was feeling, but just hearing his voice and reassuring manner cheered her up.

Tomorrow she’ll take the 2-hour Iowa reading test. There’s nothing she can do to study for it, but she hopes she feels better about it than she feels about the English assessment she took yesterday. How she hopes Dart’s right about her probably doing better than she thinks she did.

Speaking of feeling better, hearing someone call her name across campus today was a real boost. It was a former classmate from Dot’s high school who is one of five Andrews graduates at Kent this year. Dot was thrilled to see a friendly face in this “foreign” place.

As far as she’s heard, she comes from farther away than any student on campus, but having a great “second home” in Cleveland, she almost feels like an Ohio native.

She can’t wait to see Dart on Saturday and hopes all their plans for the weekend work out. She thanks Dart for being the kind of person he is, and then heads off for an early bed time. The Iowa reading test is looming!