Helped Mom Get Ready for Exhibit - Tuesday, April 23, 1963

I went to school with Mom today. This morning I was her secretary while she went to Wellman for art classes. I typed lists of songs, games and study units for the exhibit tonight. I helped Miss Yoder, the second grade teacher, fix an arithmetic bulletin board. The rest of the time I read magazines and more or less entertained myself. It was a cold day. I've got to get the rest of my stuff sorted - I can't let this vacation be as lazy as last summer's sometimes got.

Took Virginia Back to Doctor - Monday, April 22, 1963

This morning I took Virginia back in to see the the doctor about her arm where she got blood poisoning after she fell down Thursday night. I looked around the stores some and visited with Marilyn's friend Dorothy in Penney's. I took Virginia back to school in time for chemistry class, came home for a few hours, went over to school and brought the kids home, went back and helped Mom get stuff ready for the exhibit tomorrow night, and then tonight went with Phyllis and Linda Timmins to a yearbook staff meeting. Linda is editor. Virginia had play practice for The Birds and the Boys, that we were going to do as seniors.

Home Again, Almost Unpacked - Sunday, April 21, 1963

Home again and almost all unpacked, compared to how slow I was last year. We left some of my stuff down there this time. We got home about 1:30. It was a nice day and pretty time of year to travel. Cuddebacks came for a little while this evening. Well, I guess I might as well go to bed, since everyone else is. They haven't had much of a weekend since they left at 5:00 yesterday to come and get me and are tired.

Mom Helped Me Pack, Took Slides - Saturday, April 20, 1963

The girls and Mom got to Park about 12:30 today. Daddy had to help lay tile so didn't come along. I hadn't quite gotten everything packed when I went to lunch with Nancy and when we got back they were in my room (as I just knew they would be, I had left them a note not to despair too much over the mess) but with Mom's help it didn't take us too long to get ready to go. Mom took a few slides around campus and then we drove up to Alfalfa Point. We drove up to Tarkio, Phyl's college, then. It's nice, too. They hadn't gotten out of the car last fall. We're spending the night at Red Oak.

Evelyn's Home and Family Are Nice - Friday, April 19, 1963

A whip-poor-will clearly calls on the hill. Margie has gone home and for the first time I know what it is like to have a college room all my own. I am halfway through college, and my four hours' sleep last night say "go to bed." This evening I went out to Evelyn's house. She certainly has a nice family. They are a lot like us, remind me of Helen Birkey and her family. The religion and history tests weren't bad at all (the Wednesday night kids for the religion test said it was really bad). I read the first question wrong though and defined all seven terms rather than just five - rats! I got a B for poli sci! Yippee!

Need to Study for Religion, History Finals - Thursday, April 18, 1963

Religion and history yet to go. I don't like the idea of having to take one right after the other very well, but lots of other kids are in the same predicament. Can't wait till exactly twelve hours from now - I'll just be finishing the history final and hopefully, yet sadly, will be halfway through college. I only had a 66 percentile on the French standardized test - right in the middle of the class. Hope I can still get a B for French. In elementary phys ed we had to review a magazine article we had read and evaluate the course. Must study, study, study - but where, I'm not quite sure.

Family Will Leave for Park Early Saturday - Wednesday, April 17, 1963

The day of the big ordeal approaches - of course, tomorrow's French test won't be a minor thing. I went over the last unit's religion notes tonight - this, I feel, will will be a harder test than the other two this term. A letter from home again today - they were disappointed that I didn't get the editorship, of course. I hope it hadn't been built up too much ahead of time outside the family - I doubt it. They are leaving early Saturday morning to come down here. I got a B+ for ed psych (B on the final).