Sunday, April 27, 2008

July 5, 1979

It's Thursday, and I'm 15.

I saw Cathy H.  today.  She was walking north on Kenwood Ave.  and I passed by her on my bike.  At first I didn't see her, because I was looking at some other cyclists down the road, and right when I passed her, I was looking at my watch.  Then she yelled something about me not saying anything and just going by.  I looked back and said "OK, I won't."  

I planned to go up to Napoleon, take a left, then go left down the alley.  As I went down the alley Don M. came up with an 8 pack of Dr. Pepper on his bike.  I told him of seeing Cathy as we rode down the gravel-paved alley.  I rode up to Dixie ave., made a left, went down to Kenwood ave., and made a right.  I rode up Kenwood, said "hello" to Cathy and her friend, and rode past up to Don's house.  I stopped there and talked to him until about 2 minutes later, Cathy walked in front of Don's house.  So I went up and said "hello again."  So we got to talk for a couple of minutes.  I found out that she is going to Lisa's party on the 13th.  I then left to go get a DP (Dr. Pepper).

I think from now on, every night after I write an entry, I"m going to keep my journal by my bed until morning, so I can write down any dreams I've remembered.

Boy, have I got rotten handwriting.  It is really messy.  Sometimes even I have a hard time reading it.  I've always had this kind of writing.  Of course I usually write this in bed, except for this sentence.

[2008: as you can see I was pretty hopeless around girls I liked.  I think Cathy was doing her best but I was just clueless.  Also note the mention of Dr. Pepper.  It was OUR DRINK back then, and we had one almost every day, along with a Snickers bar for me.   Teens consuming toxic waste.]

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