Nothing Much Else Happened: May 31, 1978

Today, the Dodgers lost to the San Diego Padres, 3-1. But they finished off the Padres in this 3-game series, 2-1 games. Rebecca Lippman came today, and we worked for almost 1:15 on making my cue cards (flash cards) for all my formulas in solid geometry. At dinner, mom tested me, and I got most of them. We counted and I have 31 formulas. Tomorrow is Dad's birthday, and mom and I were talking about what I was going to buy for him. I have an excellent idea, but I'll tell you tomorrow!

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 30, 1978

Today, the Dodgers played the Padres again, and wiped them out, 10-2. But, even though they're doing pretty well, they're still in third place by 1½ games. Well, it was back to school after a super 3-day weekend. Mr. Farnsworth had not corrected our tests yet (which is no surprise), but he did tell us that we were having one of our toughest tests on plane and solid geometry! So, when I got home, I asked Dad to get my tutor to come tomorrow. She'll be there as soon as I get home tomorrow afternoon.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 29, 1978

Today was the last holiday in this school-year — Memorial Day. It was very, very hot around the Palisades, and just boiling at Dodger Stadium. Oh, that's right! I went to the Dodger game! Well, at least ⅔ of it! You see, we got stuck in the holiday traffic. We finally made it ot the game in the top of the 3rd. The Dodgers won 9-6, but it didn't do any good because so did the Giants. They beat the Astros 8-1 on t.v.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 28, 1978

Today, the Dodgers lost again in San Francisco, 6-5. It was the 5th 1-run game this season. Do you know how many they've played? Exactly 5! I didn't see the Jones' today until around 10:00 P.M., because they had been at their new house all day. They say they really enjoy the house, and Carole is happy because she can see Mt. Baldy from her bedroom window. There's only 1 thing I don't like about their new house. It's in a big tract!

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 27, 1978

Today the Dodgers won (for a change). They beat the San Francisco Giants to fall within 1½ games out of 1st place. The Jones' are going to move all their stuff themselves, so, I got up around 7:30 A.M. and started loading the books in their house into the little pickup they're using. We had a quick breakfast of hamburger patties and baked beans, and went to Cucamonga and unloaded all the stuff. When we got home, Carole, Chris, Mom and I all went to the beach in 82˚ weather. We came home and invited the whole Jones' family over for an outdoor barbecue. We had a super time!

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I MUST be kidding about the breakfast of hamburger patties and baked beans; even three decades later, I would have likely remembered that.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 26, 1978

Today the Dodgers played the San Francisco Giants, who happen to be the top team in Baseball. Of course, they lost 6-1. Today was our cast party on the beach. Almost everybody was there, and we were out there til 10:00 P.M. Rebecca, Evonne and me were playing tackle football, to close to the water, and the wave tackled us! Later on, my niece, Tina, and I sang songs while I played the guitar. We did almost all the songs I know, & even some of my very old songs that I learned back in '76, such as my dad's favorite, "Feelings."

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Despite my best efforts (I mean, tackle football? Is that a smooth move or WHAT?), I was not able to woo Evonne at the cast party. I'm sure my stirring rendition of Morris Albert's sappy hit did nothing to help my image. (I mean, my Dad really lobbied for me to play that song at every opportunity. I think it was his way of making sure I didn't have a serious girlfriend.)

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 25, 1978

Today, the Dodgers had a day off. There is a lot of countdowns to be made, and I have them. After today, there is 21 more days of school left. There is also only 1 more day til Memorial Day holiday on Monday, when we go see the Dodgers play the Padres at Dodger Stadium. It will be cap night and we'll all get free caps. Then, the unfortuneate countdown that Just keeps running through my head. In 1 week, The Jones' will be leaving us for Cucamonga.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 24, 1978

Today we played the Orioles in Little League. It was a pretty good game, but not good enough to beat them. We lost 13-7, and our errors did it to us again. Our ace pitcher, Dave Schroeder, couldn't pitch because he said he messed his arm up on his Paper Route. (Likely Story) So David Boyle started. They got 7 runs (5 unearned) in the 1st inning, and they had it the rest of the time. Then I pitched 3 shutout innings, and David Boyle came back in for the last 2. They got 6 more (3 unearned that inning). I singled once.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 23, 1978

Today, the Dodgers going into the game had the best fielding team in baseball, with only 25 errors. Oh, nevermore! They comitted 5 errors and fell down to 4th! They lost to the San Diego Padres, 3-2, and all of San Diego's runs were unearned! Rebecca was home when I got there, and she had been looking over some of my papers and correcting them. We made cue cards for me to study with all my formulas for area and perimeter of each object I would need. We worked for 1½ hours.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 22, 1978

Today, I was very tired, because I've been up til almost 12:00, for the last 2 weeks. As soon as I got home, I took another 1 of my 2-hour naps. Now I feel almost back-to-normal. It also felt strange being home tonight. This is the first time since April 29 that we haven't either been rehearsing or doing a show at night! I found out at school today that we are having a very important test on Thursday. It will be on plane geometry. So, I told mother that I would need my tutor, Rebecca Lippman to help me. She will be here tomorrow when I get home from school.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 21, 1978

Today was the closing day for "I Remember Mama", and, oh, was it a beauty! Mother said, "At the ending, I became quite emotional and really got involved in the part of 'Mama'." I know she was right about the emotional part. As we walked out for the curtain call, I happened to glance over at her. Tears were streaming down her face! The whole cast enjoyed doing this show, and now the cast party is definite. We will be having a party at the beach on Friday at 6:00 P.M.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 20, 1978

Today was a very big day! The cast was due at the church at 1:30 to do a 2:30 matinee. Everything ran smoothly in the performance, but my part was not as good as it could have been. I was not as loud as my others, and my grandmother made that definite. Then we had a 5:30 P.M. dinner, and got on the subject of a cast party. We plan to have one Friday at the beach. Then at 8:00, we did another performance. This was our best performance, and mine, too! This is the first time we've tried 2 performances in one day. Our crowds haven't been too tremendous, but today we had our biggest. 78 people.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 19, 1978

Today the performance of "Mama" was not as good as yesterday, although my performance was much better. (No blankets got stuck under the wheels) I did see one girl that sat in the very front row who was very beautiful! I'd been watching her for most of the show. I pointed her out to David Zacker who is in the cast, and he said, "Oh, you mean Wally Burn's daughter?" He was the male lead. After the show, Wally organized a meeting with she and her mother. Yes, she was very, very beautiful. More beautiful than she was in the audience. Her name is Evonne.

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 18, 1978

★ Highlight Day

Today was opening night. My first scene went very well except for one minor problem. You see, I have to go out on stage in a wheelchair with a blanket over me. I had to also stick my leg straight out and make it look like it's in a cast. When I was wheeled out on stage, the blanket suddenly got caught on the wheel, and it almost went right under the wheelchair! I barely hung on to it, but it stayed on. Incidently, I owe Rebecca one drink She wasn't nervous!

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Nothing Much Else Happened: May 17, 1978

Today, the Dodgers wiped out the Pirates 10 to 1, to end a 3-game sweep of the pirates. They're still in first place with a 3½ game lead with the Reds in second and the Giants in 3rd. Today is the last day before opening night of "I Remember Mama". We had a very good rehearsal, and everyone did fine. Even the cat enjoyed himself! I asked Rebecca if she was going to be nervous tomorrow night. She said she wouldn't be, and I bet her one Pepsi that she would be.

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