A quick note brings the debut of some new stationery – a graduation gift from Chucky who wished her a happy birthday and merry Christmas when he gave it to her.

While she’s babysitting at Carter’s house tonight, she wrote to Dart’s parents to thank them for the wonderful stay she had at their house. “I can’t begin to tell them how much I enjoyed staying there. Maybe if you tell them too, they’ll have some idea how much it meant to me. Hurry and come home, please, so I have an excuse to go to Ohio again. Of course, I don’t care anything about seeing you (it says here in fine print, at the bottom of the page.)”

She asks what he’d like to talk about now. It seems they always talk about “us,” which is fine with her. She could tell him how much she loves him, but he already knows that so she won’t bother mentioning it.

Tomorrow brings her dreaded return to Franklin Simon after a long break. She’s really not excited to go back. She tells Dart she’s considering finding work in a defense plant so she’ll make plenty of money for college in September.

That’s all there is for today, but she’ll be right back with pen and paper tomorrow.