Friday, August 26, 1988

Big day!  Mom drove.  Got up at 7am.  Showered, dressed.  Cooked eggs and toast.  Jill went with Lisa.  Darrin picked me up around 7:45am for the 1st DAY OF SCHOOL!  Wore Beach Boys shirt (so did Jeremy).  Aaron wore White Water shirt.  Stood talking to Harry, DeAnn, Tim, Jeremy, Aaron, Brad P, Darrin and Mike by soda room (by band).  Weird, us the oldest.  Assembled in gym.  Got speeches.  Saw Mr. Smith.  Dismissed 7th-12th homerooms.  I'm in Rushing's.  Got schedules, etc.  Read from Handbook.  Smashed bugs.  Tried lockers.  Pretty fun.  Afterwards, stood by Prigge's office.  Darrin left.  Harry and DeAnn left.  Aaron, Brad P, Jeremy and I went to parking lot.  Brad P left.  Aaron left.  Jeremy took me home in truck.  Darrin fixed, painted his rocket, worked.  Dad mowed grass.  Aaron drove (Jeremy and I gave him $1 each) Jeremy and me to Belleville.  Went by BAC.  Dropped Calculus II (Jeremy and I did).  Went to Super America gas place.  Saw Doug H driving.  Went back way to the Mall.  Went thru Sears (saw free lightbulbs).  Went to jeans.  Aaron went to Waldenbooks.  Jeremy and I looked at Sears clothes, went to Waldens.  Looked at books.  Went to KayBee.  Jeremy looked at rockets.  Went to Circus World.  Messed around.  Went to Wix & Stix.  Smelled everything: incense, scent balls, scent chips, candles, sprayed potpourri spray on wrists.  Went to Long John Silvers.  Only ones there.  Got 2 fish, fries, hush puppies, extra "crumbs," medium Coke.  Left.  Stopped by Grandpa Pigeons.  Jeremy got school supplies.  Aaron got cherry tobacco and 5 lighters.  Came home.  David and Barbie had called a couple times each.  Supposed to drive to DuQuoin Fair for Riess.  Went to Sparta.  To NAPA for Aaron.  To Dairy Queen.  Rob and JoAnn working.  Tony Y just got off.  Michelle has quit.  Shawn came in.  Got free ice, water and soda.  Got $54 check.  Shawn gave me $7 to give to his dad at Buchheits.  Went to Wal-Mart.  Aaron got 4 folders.  Went to Buchheits.  Waited or Shawn's shells (shotgun).  Took back to Shawn.  Got home around 6:30pm.  Mom and Dad gone eating.  Went by Harry's.  He and DeAnn playing frisbee.  Went around block 3 times.  Stopped.  Played frisbee, talked.  Saw Juanita.  Matt S came over.  We left.  Went to Jeremy's.  His parents gone.  We ate a little.  Started X4.  Pretty fun.  Called Barb, not home.  Called Darrin.  See him tomorrow.  Played until 11:30pm, Aaron brought me home.  Mom talked to me.  Got ready for bed.  Oh, got 2 brain tune-up tapes in mail today.  Everyone knows about Ouija board now.  At Jeremy's, David and Barbie H came in.