My diary - January 1-3, 1972

Diary of an Airline Brat

Managua, Nicaragua

Arturo Molieri & my Dad

Arturo with Becky (my sister), baby Wesley and myself 4/1998

January 1, 1972, Saturday

Dear Diary:

Hi! Happy New Year! I hope it is a good one! We got up at 10 or 10:30. Lola’s day off for New Year so Mom made breakfast. We went to mass. Since we had a big and late breakfast we had a light and late lunch. I read a lot on “Wait for Marcy” I hope to finish it tonight. I played with make-up and hairdos. I’m tired of my hairstyle. I almost lost a contact. I’m so thankful to find it. I talked to Missy. I watched T.V. Arturo’s here. He’s going to eat supper with us. Ham for good luck. Wish me a good year.

BYE!!!

Note: Arturo Molieri worked with my Dad and spent a lot of time at our house. He was like a cool older brother who sometimes took us on short motorcycle rides.

January 2, 1972, Sunday

Dear Diary:

We went to church. After mass, we went to the supermarket. We had for lunch spaghetti. I washed my hair. Mom rolled it. After a while, I dried in my new dryer. Missy came over. We were going to the movies but the movie was to long. We went over to Simons. We watched tv. Missy went to dinner with us at the Terraza. Before that, Mom and Dad went to the Trost. We had peper steak. It was really good. I have to bed soon it’s 10:00

BYE!!!!!

Note: Missy is my best friend. Throughout my many moves, we still remain very close. She moved to the U.S. in the spring of 1972. I later visited her and her family and they took me to a Southern Diner. The waitress asked if I wanted my hamburger dressed and I had no idea what she was asking. Her dad quickly explained if I wanted lettuce and tomato on it. Missy and I giggled yes.

Col. Trost and his wife were good friends of my parents.

January 3, 1972, Monday

Dear Diary:

Boy did we have earth shakes or quakes or whatever you call them last night 10 to 10. Went to school today. On math semester I got a 72 on it. Grades were low. Average is 76. English second highest grade 80 & typing F, F, F, & D. She won’t count all I pray. I did my homework. I read papers. We went to the Margot [Theater]. We saw one of BEST movies: "Fiddler on the Roof” I watched TV. I saw a Rock Hudson movie (end). I wrote Myra Ann a letter.

BYE

Note: Typing (or keyboarding) was one of my least favorite classes as you could not look at your fingers. Your eyes always had to be on the document and the teacher had a stopwatch, commanding you to type until she said stop! She then counted your words and errors. Typewriters were not electric. They did not have a delete or backspace button to correct mistakes. You had to put white-out liquid on the error, wait for it to dry, and then type the correct letter. It was very stressful, but now, I sure can type crazy fast on my computer and LOVE the backspace button!