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oct 14th 1978
the school counselor got this for me for my birthday. told me to use it and write in it whenever i feel sad or whatever.
shit birthday present if you ask me.
wayne said he gets why she said it. he said he kept a journal after the war.
i dont have cool war stories to write in here uncle wayne, im just sad mad annoyed that mom had to go.
i guess its kind of cool staying with uncle wayne though. he lets me stay up late and watch MASH with him.
anyway. thats all i got, really.
dec 21st 1978
mom came with some gifts for christmas yesterday. on the phone last week she said she’d stay through the new year.
she’s leaving tomorrow.
jan 3rd 1979
ok so the school counselor isn’t so bad.
her name is miss franklin but she likes to be called miss carol.
shes funny and a little weird and told me about this book called the hobbit.
she wants me to try writing in this more.
even if its just to write about the book.
i’ll try i guess.
march 11th 1979
miss carol was right. the hobbit is amazing.
im rereading it again. i wanna take notes this time.
miss carol told me that that’s called annotation.
she also told me i had to stop reading in class.
lame.
may 7th 1979
miss carol said her son started playing some new game called dungeons and dragons?
apparently it’s like tolkiens books! the weird part is though that you make the game up as you go? or something like that.
it sounded so cool though.
i asked wayne if i could get the guide books for finishing up 8th grade.
he said he’d try but i doubt i’ll get em.
may 23rd 1979
miss carol is moving.
she said i’d be able to come visit her in the middle school even if i was a freshman.
like thats fucking happening now.
july 15th 1979
miss carol came by the trailer.
shes leaving tomorrow.
she wanted to give me something but i dont wanna open it.
she got me the dnd booklets.
her new address is written on the front cover.
says to write with any questions about the game and her son would answer.