My diary - July 26- 28, 1972

July 26, 1972 Wed.                           

Dear Flowers:

I got up at 7:30 for a change. David & Becky had a tennis lesson; Mom bowled & I swam with Lisa. Later Becky joined us. I almost flew the coop when Kim comes into the pool. I was sure he had left to military school. We ate lunch at the country club. Mom ate with Mrs. Seehafer & another lady; we kids sat together Steve S, Lisa S other ladies 2 little kids, Robert Cazares & us. In Bar Deportivo when I wasn’t looking Robert put tabasco sauce in my ketcup (for papas) & I sure ran till I got to the bathroom & turned the faucet full blast. Played ping pong. Dad’s home!! Yah!!!! Watched TV. Talked to Simmon.

BYE!

Note: In a previous post I mentioned Kim as a boy who was always bothering me during my tennis lessons or at school. I thought he had left and was surprised to see him.

Robert was jokester and he got me with the tabasco sauce. He doctored up the ketchup for my fries. 

I love how I always spelled Simone differently. This time I spelled it Simmon.

I am so happy to now have contact with Lisa Seehafer.

Lisa Seehafer Wright

July 27, 1972 Thurs.

Dear Flowers:

I got up at 9:00. Ate. Got dressed. We went skating. We brought Simmon along. Seehafer were there. I was having problems put my skate on & the guy behind the counter comes out & ties it for me! We had fun in the afternoon. I went to the dentist. I ‘m getting my tooth caped next month. He put a new color on my tooth but temporarily. Watched T.V. We picked David & Becky up from C.C. I read on “A Gift from the Girls”.

BYE!!

Note: It is a small world. The skating rink we went to was“Patines Bolonia.” It was owned by Shanti Free’s parents Zoila and Orlando Cabezas. They also ran the Instituto de Yoga Bolonia. I met Shanti several years ago in Knoxville when I went to a yoga session at her studio. I had no idea that she was from Nicaragua and that we skated many times at her parent’s skating ring. Shanti attended a different school from me but we were both there during the earthquake. She is an amazing lady and a wonderful yoga instructor among many other accolades. 

When I was 10 years old I knocked my front tooth out on the basketball court. I had it capped and then the adjacent tooth needed to be capped years later.

Shanti at her parent's skating rink

Zoila Esperanza & Orlando Cabezas

July 28, 1972 Fri.

Dear Flowers:

I got up & went with Mom to the beauty shop. The lady fixed my eyebrows. She told me all these things for I to do to fix my face. We went & got me tennis shoes & manzanilla tea for my face. We went to super. In the afternoon we went to the country club. Carmen, Martha Murphy & Lane were their also Liza S. & Monica Cazares. We fooled around. David came & so did his brother Jimmy (a kid) & sister Gigi. Gigi kept grabbing on to me etc. I didnt talk much to David just a bit. Tommy Von & his sisters were their. I talked to them a short while. Dad & Mom went to Graduation. Watched T.V. 

BYE!!

Note: I wish I could remember all the things the beautician told me to do. I remember learning from our seamstress to steam my face with manzanilla tea (chamomile). This helped me not get scars from acne.