Watching Milking Chores on a Spring-Like Evening - Saturday, January 27, 1962

This afternoon we went in to El Dorado. I made my reservation for my return trip at 8:50 Monday morning. Then we looked around the stores. I got a Valentine for Mrs. Cowan. I had about forgotten about that. This morning I wrote a letter to Verna Thompson on Patty's typewriter. This was a real spring-like day. I remember several identical evenings  in Iowa - when chore doing seems almost a pleasure. We were out in Varners' barn at milking time. Delbert also does the milking at his folks' place. Astronaut John Glenn's orbital flight was postponed this morning.

Fracking Oil at a Well on Varners' Farm - Friday, January 26, 1962

Tonight we went in to Towanda to the basketball game. Towanda beat Florence. I guess they haven't been winning too many of their games. Those kids look more like junior high than high school kids. This afternoon we went over to watch them fracking oil at one of the two oil wells on the farm. They've gotten $8000.00 worth of oil since November (Pat and Delbert's share was $500.00 of the $1000.00 the owners got (1/8). Then we stopped in at Delbert's parents' place for a while. Curtis who was the ring bearer in Pat and Delbert's wedding was there. He's grown.

Thinking in Complete Quiet on the Kansas Plains - Thursday, January 25, 1962

Gee, a month since Christmas! Today I spent a very leisurely day entertaining Jeff and watching television. The snow covered Kansas plains were cloudy and rainy out today. I treated myself to a sleep till 10:30 in the nice room I have upstairs here. Pat and Delbert have a nice house. Jeffrey is such a cute little boy. Boy, I'm lucky. College and its extras like this are really a ball. It's nice for a change to be able to think in complete quiet though.

A Nelson Art Gallery Tour and A Trailways Bus Trip - Wednesday, January 24, 1962

I got to the El Dorado interchange and met Delbert, Pat and Jeffrey at 8:00 tonight. It was sure a nice bus trip with a hostess and everything. It was a nice, modern "Five Star Service" Trailways bus, and the new Kansas City station is real nice, too. The school bus driver that took us to the Nelson Art Gallery let me off at the station. The art gallery was so nice and we felt as if we got quite a good understanding of it with our art background. Oh boy, a semester of college over with (doesn't even seem possible!) and a semester break to celebrate!

Feeling Okay About Biology and French Finals - Tuesday, January 23, 1962

Tomorrow night I'll be spending my first night in Kansas - it's about time after seeing it every day since September. I thought the biology test was quite easy considering and I don't think I did badly on the French test although of course I would like to have done better on both. I now have world lit coming out my ears and I bet I look mighty tired. I got a B for the speech course - I'm proud of my first college grade.

Studying for Our First Round of Finals - Monday, January 22, 1962

We soon will have experienced about everything in the lives of college students - what with finals tomorrow. I (as has anyone else with a little sense) have spent most of the day studying and thinking about tests. We had a world lit review for an hour tonight. I'll have to find some time to study that after 3:30 tomorrow since I was able to get my test changed to Wednesday morning at 8:00. Phyllis sent me a newsy letter. She said Phyllis Crone  and Jim Young are engaged. So many kids my age have been getting engaged - it seems so funny. I always wondered what some of them were headed to. I don't think life means as much to some of them as it does to me.

Some of Us Received A++'s on French Papers - Sunday, January 21, 1962

I have a strong desire to go to bed. Why should I be so concerned over the amount of sleep I get? It probably averages out to about as much as I ever had. I went with Margaret and Regina to the band concert tonight. It was good. It's nice not to have to think about classes tomorrow and to have a break from French homework. Bob Grinnell said I have an A made for the course, but I don't know if she gives A's very often. She did give A++'s for some of our 100% papers the other day! Vivien would have a fit over that as she doesn't believe in A+'s unless the work is mighty good.