My diary - January 19-21, 1972
- Susan Fisch Good
- Oct 6, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 15
January 19, 1972 Wed.
Dear Diary:
We havd a math quiz. I got them all wrong. It won’t count. I wore my contacts to school. I brought a plastic container with an egg & salt for experiment. I stayed for Glee Club. I did my Spanish & outlined science. Missy came over & had lunch. I invited her cause she’d be all alone her parents were going to movies but at end they didn’t go. I still have to take a bath & study for Science. PLEASE I beg you help me pass the Science with a good grade.
BYE!!!
Note: It was so hot in Managua that we broke eggs on the blistering pavement competing to see whose egg would fry first. I don’t know why I brought salt, as we definitely would not have eaten them!
January 20, 1972 Thurs.
Dear Diary:
We had a back sale in school. I bought vigoron & a sandwich. We went to the library in History. Sometime I think I like Mrs. Rothchus son other times the guys across the street. We had a Science test (I told you yawn I’m tired before) I hope I passed. I stayed for yearbook. I read some on Young Miss. We went bowling. I brought Beckys shoes by mistake she didn’t bowl cause of finger. Soon as we came home we went straight to movies to see “The Red Tent.” In North Pole. Studied.
BYE!!!
Note: Nicaraguan vigorón is a boiled yuca (cassava root) topped with a crispy pork rind and a slaw made with cabbage and tomato. Another of my favorite foods was repochetas - fried tortillas with a special white cheese and beans or just melted cheese.
Young Miss was a magazine for teen girls that I enjoyed.
January 21, 1972 Fri.
Dear Diary:
We had a typing test & Spanish dictado. In English a vocabulary bee. I think I got an A on Science test. Dave had no school today. He is on honor-roll. I went to talk with Mrs. Griffiths for my next years schedule. I read “Young Miss.” M calls. I read quite a bit of “Tale of 2 Cities” 100 page to go hope I finish it. Missy came over her mom too. Mrs. Grego & Jones. Watched T.V. Mom & Dad went to Art show.
BYE!!
Note: Dictado is dictation.
The true "brats" were military, because of the commissary privileges and other perc's. You guys that worked for big corporations were "minor" brats, having the home offices provide you with some comforts. Us peons had to forego American junk food, and occasionally take the bus. Oh, such deprivation! 🙄 (sarcasm).
Vigorón and repocheta - deeelicious! Loved the Turrón de Chocolate too!
As a fellow Ex Pat living in Nicaragua during the same years as Susie and her family - really enjoying these posts! Before Susie called herself an "Airline Brat" I had only heard of Overseas Brats and Military Brats; guess this made my sisters and me Tobacco Brats, our friends, Beer Brats, Oil Company Brats etc., Not sure I want to call the Missionary kids brats... but they were in the mix.
Boy did we have a good time being brats in beautiful Managua! Tootsie
You really the saying 'Its so hot you can fry an egg on the pavement' to heart and put it to the test! The food dishes sounded delicious. I remember eating Empanadas in Guatemala , some with ground meat filling and others with pudding. MMM! Arent we blessed to have had these experiences in beautiful Central America? Looking forward to next entry! Debbie🤗
Fun times! You did a lot in a day. The pics are perfect too. Enjoying these so much,
Amanda S