December 14, 1988
Last night I made 52 Ritz/Peanut Butter/Almond bark cookie crackers. Actually I made more but that’s left as my family (and I) ate a couple. I also finished my homework at a decent time, practiced 1 1/2 hours of piano, cleaned my room, and got to bed by 10:20! Not bad for also having early BB practice. Tonight we don’t have practice, but do have confirmation. I also want to shoot baskets in the gym while my parents walk after church. I can’t wait for Christmas vacation…I’ve been hoping to have a party New Year’s Eve. My dad’s all for it by my mom says NO WAY. I hope my dad can overpower my mom this time. My only problem is the kids I don’t invite will find out. I’ll feel terrible…
Today in English we got our essay tests from Great Expectations, the first half, and I got 71 out of 90. Luckily we were graded on a curve and I got an A with the highest score!!! I know. I can’t believe it either!!! Unfortunately we also got our History tests back. I got 54 out of 70!!! A C!!!! History’s one of my better subjects. I always get As in there. Well almost always…
Tonight would you believe I have NO HOMEWORK!!? I don’t, but I guess that means practice, practice, practice!!! Piano and horn, horn, horn! I guess I have a math/Algebra test tomorrow, but I studied last night. I better take Earth Science home because there’s a test on Fri. Gotta Go.
December 15, 1988
Today we have a basketball game in Pipestone at 4:15. I hope I don’t flub up!! I hope there’s a lot of Luvernians there to cheer us on…Playing forward is a tough job, we don’t get enough credit!
I just got home from our game in Pipestone. Our A team lost 22 to 9 and B team lost too, but I don’t know what their score was. Ya know, forwards do not get enough recognition for their job. Rebounding, and putting it back up is harder than people know. Especially when you’re guarding 51, or otherwise called “Moose.” It’s not fair.
[To the left of this entry is a Family Circus cartoon strip that reads: "How can Santa see us all the way from the North Pole...By satellite."] I saw this card in the paper and I had to cut it out…Some kids are so naive, including myself. Now that I think about it, looking back on Christmas as a child and how everyone believed in Santa. I remember one year, I must have been about a first grader or so, and I was at my cousin’s house. Kurt who’s A LOT older than me was talking to my dad. I overheard about his trip to the North Pole. I asked him if he saw Santa Claus or his reindeer. He said no. I was SO disappointed!! Wouldn’t that be great if there actually was a Santa Claus just like in the movie, “Santa Claus”? It’s too bad kids are thinking of technology things like satellites and Santa at the same time.
