Bridesmaid's Dress About Finished - Tuesday, December 24, 1963

Well, we have the dress finished except for the hem. After it hangs for a night, it won't be hard to finish up. I had it on with my matching heels tonight and it looks real nice. I finished writing Christmas cards and sent the ones I had left over to the girls in Stephens. A little late I realize, but better late than not at all. I guess I didn't do much else today. Virginia reset the sleeves in the dress after I had gotten in too big a hurry, and Mom did a lot of the sewing, too. I wrapped my gifts for the family. So it's another Christmas Eve.

A Visit at the Journal Office - Monday, December 23, 1963

We went to town this morning. I had an appointment to see about my glasses. I need new lenses and I picked out new frames - black metal with silver trim. Poor Fred - these will probably gouge him worse than the plastic ones did! I got a pretty good start on my dress but will have to start over on the sleeves. I went in to the Journal office this morning. Everyone was glad to see me. I met Dallas Kinney, Bob Elliot's replacement. I did a little shopping, too, and got Vivien and Charlie a wedding present - a luncheon cloth set. Mom and the girls did the wash, though I guess Virginia stayed home and did her share here cleaning house.

Sunday School Christmas Program - Sunday, December 22, 1963

Tonight was the Sunday School Christmas program. The youth fellowship had a candlelight service. I intended to write Christmas cards this afternoon but didn't get very far. I got Evelyn's Christmas present - a madras plaid handbag - ready to mail. Varners are at Grandma's. Jeff and Calvin are really a pair - never a dull moment with those two around. Betty Peters was in a bad mood today, but finally tonight she got a little more spark in her. Any place is what you make of it, so her medical technique school in Minneapolis can't be that bad. I guess I'll stay up and write some cards.

All Night in Union Station - Saturday, December 21, 1963

My train never left the station until 5:00 this morning, so we got to Fairfield at 10:00, and home at 11:00. Luckily I called for the second time last night at about 3:00 and told them - just as they were about ready to leave for Fairfield - that we hadn't left yet and they might as well go back to bed. It was disgusting in a way, yet funny, too, to sit all night in the train station after four hours sleep the night before. The train was cold, too, but I slept three hours, waking up each hour. Mom and I got the dress cut out this afternoon. Traveling sort of interfered with my plans this time! I slept a while this afternoon. Ann, Mom, Daddy and I decorated the church tree tonight.

An A on Resource Unit - Friday, December 20, 1963

It's such a feeling of relief to be done with finals. I can't believe the trimester is over - it went so fast. Fred was over for an hour before and after supper. His mother is getting here by jet in the morning. Karon hasn't seen her since she started college. I really didn't think the physiological final was bad at all. At any rate, I'm not going to worry any more about it. I couldn't work - satisfactorily, I doubt - a statistics problem in the theory and technique test - after a semester of psychological statistics! Here's hoping Mr. Carey doesn't remember I was taking it! I got an A on my resource unit.

Personality Test Out of the Way - Thursday, December 19, 1963

For some remarkable reason I don't feel very tired in spite of the fact that I've been going like I have. Physiological psychology - there's just too much to learn - so maybe I won't. Horrors! I took the personality test today to get it out of the way. It was hard, but I hope I came out okay for the course. Dean Gibson wasn't there so I took it in the old public relations office. I got a C- on the soc test and a C+ for the course. He graded each question and I got a B on the one I nearly lost sleep worrying that it would flunk me!?!

Christmas Dinner in Commons - Wednesday, December 18, 1963

Well, so far pretty good - I hope. I made three attempts, everyone else two, before I got the social problems test taken. First of all, I had memorized the finals schedule wrong - it was at 10:15, not 8:00. Then at 10:15 Mr. Gibson didn't show up because he thought the test was to be at 3:00! So we had to take it tonight at 6:30. Now I have to study for my personality test which I want to take tomorrow at 1:00. They finally got around to serving a Christmas dinner in Commons.