My diary - November 5-7, 1972
- Susan Fisch Good
- Aug 15
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 17
November 5, 1972 Sun
Dear Flowers:
We went to church & then to the Super. I miracle! I didn’t see anyone I knew. Watch T.V. Read on “April Lady.” Ate sandwiches for lunch but guess what for supper? Give up? SPAGGATTI!
Studied.
BYE!!
Note: We always went to El Supermercado La Colonia after church, and we usually ran into someone we knew. It is like this: every time I go to Walmart, I run into someone I know, especially if I’m wearing my sweaty workout clothes.
April Lady was Georgette Heyer’s 44th novel, written originally as Lady Cardross, a series for the Woman’s Journal, written in 1957. The story, set in 1813, revolves around a young daughter of a late Viscount who marries an older Earl to help her family out of a financial mess. After lots of misunderstanding, drama, and lies, they find themselves deeply in love.
I love how I spelled spaghetti. My Mom made the best spaghetti, it is still one of my comfort foods.
November 6, 1972 Mon.
Dear Flowers:
Today was my lucky day! I got an 98 on Spanish test, 89 on History test & a 90 on math. We had assembly 6th period. I had a long talk with Bill in math (had study hall & I don’t think we agree in anything. I loves to hike (planning a wk hike. Gross. Stayed for Drama. Did homework. Got to study my oral report. Wish me luck & pray I don’t goof it.
BYE!!!
Note: I think I meant he loved to hike and was planning a week-long hike. Funny how we change. I love to hike now, but still don’t like the idea of camping out.
November 7, 1972 Tues.
Dear Flowers:
I did my oral report!! Its over with! I flopped myself on top of Mr. Hookers desk & gave it (I sat). I got nervous but I couldn’t see peoples faces whiched helped alot (took my glasses off). I got an A-. I helped Mr. Hooker with 7th grade experiment. Gisela got me so mad!! She went to the country club & invited Simone (shes not even a member to invite people! Uh! Had my tennis lesson.
BYE!
Note: Pretty inventive to take my glasses off so I couldn’t see the class faces. I was quite blind without glasses or contacts, being very nearsighted and having a strong astigmatism.
The green-eyed monster was present, being jealous that Gisela invited Simone and not me. I was acting quite self-entitled. Hopefully, I have outgrown that phase.
very enjoyable read! So proud of you getting those good grades all on the same day! Yes, that was clever of you to remove your glasses while you gave the oral report. Made me smile - all your dramatic comments! When I lived in Guatemala after college, I learned walking routes to the butcher shop and bakery ( loved, loved sweet empanadas ) and a few times I really missed spaghetti or goulash and offered to make it, so I had to buy "Carne Molida" ., I enjoyed going to a Super with my host family - it seemed so big and like it was in a warehouse. 😃
Oh my Susie - La Colonia Supermercado!!
What a memory I have from that place...one day when I was about 13 years old, I was in there with Mom and I was mad at her. For some unknown reason I suddenly took a little tube of something I remember as pirulin (along the lines of Nestles instant powdered chocolate). Marched my self out of the Super without paying - sat in the car and poured the powder into my mouth. Of course Karma was right there to be sure I chocked on it! 😂
The advertisement shows they sold Bacalao - Mom made the best each year at Christmas and New Years - did you ever get to taste her…
In San José the main supermarket was (and still is) "Mas-X-Menos" (Mas por Menos) ....That was the other Spanish word my mom learned..."mas per maynus". In Bogotá it was (and is) "Carulla", dating back to 1905.
Being shy, I hated oral reports, even in early grade school, hated "show & tell", even when I had something interesting to show.
Man, I'll eat spaggatti any day!!
Oral reports seemed especially awful at that age, didn’t they? Taking off your glasses was a stroke of genius. One of my teachers—in a classroom that eventually became yours—-used to stand in the back and wave her arms from side to side and up and down in order to remind us to scan the complete audience. Actually it caused our heads to bobble in a worrying fashion and also…….to completely forget what we planned to say.