Dart is nearly giddy after a phone call from Dot. He can’t recall too much of what they said, as excited as he was to hear her voice.

If his plans for summer and fall classes are approved, he’ll share them with her. If they aren’t approved, he has a back-up plan. One class he hopes to take this summer is child psychology.

He tells Dot she better not pass out in the aisle! She could really gum up the works if she does something like that. Who will walk down the long aisle first – her or El?

They had more snow squalls today and a neighborhood hardware store took some snow shovels out of storage and placed them for sale. Nothing stuck because the ground was too warm.

He’s tired, hungry, and lonely. He’s also happy she called.

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Dot had a similar reaction to the phone call as Dart; so happy to hear him say her name, and too distracted by his voice to remember what they talked about.

After cleaning up dinner dishes tonight, she and Nancy went over to the Meyerink house to have some birthday cake in honor of El. Everyone was making jokes about how Dot’s birthday would be totally ignored this year. It falls on the day of Doug’s graduation, and the day before the wedding. They may be planning to ignore her, but she won’t let that happen. As her birthday approaches, she plans to plaster the house with signs that say, “Now that it’s June, I’ll be 21 soon.”

Her job ended today, but she begins working for the Millers on Monday, giving them as many hours as she can until June. She’ll be making $25 tax-free dollars, as well as her meager pay from the YWCA for her Sunday chaperone duties.

Her cousin Virginia is directing “HMS Pinafore” at the high school this week, and gave Dot and Nancy tickets to see it tomorrow night. Dot’s looking forward to a free night on the town.

Talking to him tonight about the wedding makes it seem so close and very real! In about five weeks, they’ll be together in Greenwich. She begs him to let her know as soon as possible what day he plans to arrive. When will he have his bachelor dinner? The sooner he (and Burke?) can get to Greenwich, the better. The family can use the extra hands.

She sure hopes her nervous stomach calms down pretty soon, but she doubts it will until the wedding is a thing of the past. Love is doing terrible things to her innards.

She sends him all her love, forever and ever.