Probably the biggest entry yet! Here we go: Mom woke me up around 6:50am. Gave me $40. I didn’t want to go to Belleville with Darrin. Got 5 hours sleep. Showered. Called Darrin. Confirmed my presence with him. Cool out today (30’s). Went by bank. Withdrew $50. Darrin cashed 2 checks. Headed for BAC. Got there around 8:05am. Darrin went in. Crowded. I stayed in car. Saw girl from Calc II class. Read “Red Storm” and Navy book. Listened to radio a lot. Looked all around Darrin’s mom’s car. Around 10:20am, Darrin, Michelle G and Barb F came out. Had 10 minutes break from ACT. Showed them old Calc I room. Went back to car. Darrin came out around 11:30am. Told him about dumb people I’d seen. Jody, Lori and Brad P there too. Followed Barb (driving) and Michelle to McDonald’s. I didn’t eat anything. Too tired. They went home. We went to the Mall. No parking spaces. Had to wait till people left to park. Went in Famous. Looked for Mom Xmas present. Went to new card shop. Darrin got $15 puzzle (2000 piecse) for Billie and Mike. Went to software store (new). Looked. Then to Musicland. Got Dad Roy Orbison tape ($6.98 (he died just this last week)). Then to Kay-Bee. Nothing. Then to BDalton. Nothing. To Radio Shack. Got $2.69 y-adapter for FS-2000. Then to Sears. Darrin called home about Steve’s present. Nothing. Got bored. Followed 2 sets of people around. Saw Jodi T’s sister and mom, talked. Talked to Jodi T. Followed lady. Went to Spencer’s. Then we left. Stopped by Rally’s. Spent $2.63 (Darrin $1.63). Stopped by Crown Shoes in Freeburg. Lady waited on us. There 30-40 minutes. Finally got a pair of dress shoes. Came home around 4:30pm. Grandma Hancock here. Blue Xmas tree. Called Barb and Jeremy. Gonna get them at 8pm (or 7:45pm (7:17pm now)). Got green TV hooked up to FS-2000. Jill played it. Watched her. Mom still sick. Darrin came by. Showed him FS-2000. Kay and Tim came over, left. Aaron called. He’s going to the dance. Darrin left. Mom and Dad to Handee Mart (home now). Watched “This Old House”, did this. Gonna get ready for Homecoming now. Have $20 from Mom for Pizza Hut. Oh, went by Silverman’s in the Mall. Darrin got new shirt (gray) and blue tie ($28.76 check (his first check!)). Well, gotta go now. Long night ahead. Bye.
Homecoming: After I wrote the above, I got in my suit. Felt spiffy and uncomfortable. Picked up Barb around 7:45pm. Got flower pinned on me. Mom took a picture of us (Barb in blue dress). Came home, showed Mom, Dad and Grandma Hancock. Went to Jeremy’s. Answered door with towel around his waist. Barb and I sat and watched hockey upstairs. Aaron showed up in sweater and nice pants. Jeremy got done. Cat bugged us. Barb and I went to the dance. Jeremy and Aaron in Aaron’s Jeep. Saw Tim. He took ITT test and passed. Got inside. Paid $6 (me and Barb) and voted for Darrin and Kendra for king and queen. Got 2 green cards. Darrin and I the only two that wore suits (in general clan). Most guys wore sweaters. Green Homecoming. Sat by Home Ec room. Soon, joined 2 tables. Here were: Aaron, Joe, Darrin, Lisa, DeAnn, Harry, Barb H, Lori, Barb F and me (clockwise). Then Barb took my green card and got my glass. Full of punch. Drank that. Had about 6-7 glasses of punch. Had animal crackers (about 7-8 bowls). Had zoo. Kept one. Then popcorn. Several bowls. Barb and I got pictures taken ($12 for two 5x7 and ten wallets). Had big screen TV with videos, movie scenes, disc jockey with a big setup. And Tim helping him. Smoke machine every-so-often. Harry and DeAnn came late. DeAnn got stuff on dress. Misty was with Chad Q. Aaron, Jeremy, Darrin and I each had 3 Ludens cough drops (stole from Lori). Got bored. Started throwing popcorn at glasses and just flickin’ it. Some got on candles and caught fire. Dance from 8-11pm. Jeremy danced (silly!). Harry and DeAnn danced a lot. Barb F even danced! Aaron and I didn’t. Juanita, Jimmy, and Grandma Watson came for crowning ceremony. Juanita took pictures of Barb and me. Told me to dance with Barb. Everyone gathered around open commons area for ceremony. Aaron and I went to talk to Tim operating spotlight. Went back and sat down. Dancing resumed. After last dance, everyone gathered around. After a lot of talking, decided we’d go to Pizza Hut. So, cold as it was, I dropped Barb off, then Carmelita, then Jeremy. Got Joe. Came home. He played with FS-2000, I changed into a sweater. Went by Barb’s. Saw Wade get pulled over. Saw Jeremy in MG, said we’d meet him at Pizza Hut. Got there (heard Guns-n-Roses on the way there), full with Marissa people. Tim, Fred M and Aaron waiting to be seated. Jeremy and Carmelita showed up. Watched Conly play video games. Aaron, Fred and Glenn seated themselves. Then I sat myself by Aaron and Charity. Harry and DeAnn were leaving when I got there. Soon people started leaving. We were waited on. Aaron, Fred and Glenn left. Sat with Barb, Joe, Carmelita, Jeremy and Tim in corner. Stole footprint from window. Soon, 2 pitchers came (one for us, one for Tim). Then 2 breadsticks (Tim and me). Then deep pan hamburger (Tim), then 2 hand-tossed combos (us, Jeremy-Carmelita). We ate a little. Threw cheese on the window. Barb danced on table to Kokomo. Had pretty good time. Carmelita laughed a lot. Then paid $2 to me (used for tip). Finally got to car. Cold out!!! Told Jeremy I’d meet him in town. Tim left with carload of guys. I followed and passed him. Drove home around 65-70mph. Right before Tilden T he started passing. I floored it. Got to 80. He slowly passed me. I think he has a V-8. Went back road home. Saw Tim on White Oak. Dropped Barb off, then Joe. Went to Darrin’s. Asleep. I was supposed to get him around 12am (he and Lisa left after the dance). Went by Glenn’s shed. No one. By Mark’s (Wade and Glenn there). Couldn’t find Aaron, so found Jeremy. Told him I was coming home. Passed Tim a couple of times. Got home around 1:38am. Undressed. Put napkin and cracker in senior drawer. Lost my flower (MAD)! Watched Three Stooges. Fell asleep around 2am. That was my senior homecoming: Welcome to the Jungle. All and all I had fun. Oh, Juanita got some pictures of Barb and me in straw hut by door when we were leaving. Guess that’s about it. It’s now 1:16pm, Sunday. Hasta la vista.
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