My diary - December 11-13, 1972
- Susan Fisch Good
- Nov 7
- 2 min read
December 11, 1972 Mon.
Dear Flowers:
School! 1st period we saw a volley ball game. I sat with Pat, Chui, Simmone, Steve, Dave & Paul. It was fun. P.E. test mas o menos. I stayed after. Mary, Pat & I ate in auditorium. It was fun we discussed how people talk in their sleep. Drama mas o menos. Moms baking cookies. I’ve eaten a dozen (dozen pounds!) Did homework. Watched T.V. Read on “Regency Buck” Wrote Missy.
BYE!!!
Note: I love how I always spell Simone’s name differently. I sure would love to know how her life turned out. If anyone knows of Simone Metz, please let me know.
Más o menos means 'more or less'.
I wish I could remember the discussion about people talking in their sleep. My husband sometimes makes muffled sounds, but nothing precise that I can understand.
Mom was quite the cookie baker. She made, at that time, at least a dozen different kinds and dozens of them. She would give them away as gifts. We had lots of visitors who loved to devour them. Our house always smelled amazing when she was baking.
December 12, 1972 Tues.
Dear Flowers:
School was S-I-C-K!!! I worked in Little library that was fun! I had tennis lesson with Oscar. Ricardos on vacation - PWEK! I put an ice cube in Kim’s bag. Becky put in a few more. I sat by pool & listened to my radio & read my new Teen. I saw that guy I meet at pool with Alfredo. I smiled at him but he just looked at me. Went to Drama 6:30 to 8:30. I didn't get to study much. Got to pass Biology. Wish me luck.
BYE!!!
Note: I had a mischievous side and still do. It wasn’t very nice of me to put an ice cube in Kim’s bag, and I was being a bad influence on my baby sister. I bet he never even noticed - with the extreme heat in Managua, it would have melted in seconds.
I know I was mortified when the young man ignored me. I hate that feeling of embarrassment.
I loved working in the little library, which was in the elementary part of A.N.S.
December 13, 1972, Wed.
Dear Flowers:
School was fun. Julio gave me his call-letters & frequency. I got an 87 on English test & 95 on Science test of a month ago. P.E. I ran around base in 15 sec! Stayed after for Lab. We had lab test. Open book but impossible to answer! Got out early & watched Michelle & Bill play checkers on Basketball court. Went over to Simmon with Pat. Did Math. Got to study for History. Wish me luck!!! I need it.
BYE!!!
Note: Julio had or was getting his pilot's license. After graduating from college, he became a pilot with a major airline.
I am always asking for good luck from Flowers. In my mind, she was my friend, my guardian angel, or, as some might say, my spiritual guide.
That really was a tiny library but always seemed to find something to read.
Such a good sense of humor Susie - you ate a dozen of your mother's delicious cookies and add
'12-pounds' - LOL!
Your sitting out by the Country Club pool reminds me of my first job ever! I earned $50 one summer from the Tabacalera Nicaraguense by listening to the radio to be sure their advertisement were being broadcasted per the contract. Of course I listened at home but lots of my listening was done at the pool. A cushy job for sure!
So nice you had Flowers in your corner - teens need that! Tootsie
"PWEK" LOL! I would have expected "phonetic-Spanish" spelling like "PIUK"...and it's funny how as teens, we were given to such exaggerations.
Interesting how, as a young teen you were familiar with the terms "call-letters" and "frequency", no doubt because of your Dad, but was your friend Julio or his Dad also a Ham? Or was he giving you his plane's license no. and aeronautical frequency so you could pick him up on your Dad's transceiver?
Enjoy your diary entries so much! We nicknamed Alan "Bardahl" because he was big like the Bardahl oil cans while we were all pretty much skinny and scrawny!