May 14 - 17, 1961

May 14 - Sunday


I wore my new blouse this morning and Mom and Marina said it matched the color of my eyes so maybe I looked pretty good. ( I still see this blouse in my mind’s eye. It was the prettiest olive green. The things that stick in our memories....) Only Carols and Gonzalo at the ANC this morning. Not anything great. Marina ate lunch with me and after lunch we sat in the Sunset Lounge and Bill joined us and gosh I couldn’t breathe for a minute and my pulse was probably racing. We spent the whole afternoon with him. He sang and told jokes and every time he was explaining something he’d look only at me while saying it. Oh those green eyes! Lita joined us and that ikky Agustin. I’d love to clobber him one of these days. Bill began to sing “The Diary” by Neil Sedaka and he even took down the words with his pen and my dictation and when we sang it together we looked at each other in that very distracting way Bill has of looking at you and when it came to the part “...you know how much you mean to me...”....I don’t if he felt the same way but it meant everything to me. Nacho is like the King of Siam ...”from flower to flower..” Bill, Marina, Tom, Jose Luis, etc. went to the Teen Den and just sang and listened to the radio. Danced with Nacho and Jose Luis. Went to the airport to see Luli in. She’s changed and she says we’ve changed.



May 15 - Monday

I was pretty industrious this morning. I fixed my closet and bureau, cleaned my bags, etc. This afternoon I went to the ANC. I first sat with Luli, Lita and Conchita and then I went to the swimming pool and all the other kiddies were there of course not meaning Nena, Marina, Cindy and Nacho. Bill arrived and there went my pulse again! Cindy and I went to the store. Bill was there. Later we all sat together in the Sunset Lounge. Bill, Tom, Nena, Marina, Conchita, Luli, Lita and I. We had a lot of fun cracking jokes, chatting and singing. Every time Bill looks at me there’s a sort of communication......(I go on a bit about Bill here so I will forgo making anyone else gag and will omit some lines.) Leo Kahn was at the ANC today. Ugh, another creep. (Leo turned out to be a prince of a guy and a loyal friend and most of all he keeps in touch with his "bamboo telegraph" and makes me laugh.  Who knew?!!)



May 16 - Tuesday

I went shopping this morning with Nena and Tita Carmen Marti, then we went to Tito Paco’s office, to the Yacht Club and to Nena’s house for lunch. Nena, Jose Luis, Nacho, Walter, Tita Carmen and I ate lunch together. Tita Carmen is very, very nice and I like her very much. Later we went to the Acme and I saw a pencil box ideal for school and though I wanted to pay for it Tita Carmen bought it for me. Then Nena and I went to the ANC. Only Cindy and Tom were there and Marina came later. Tom and Cindy left and we saw Bill for a few minutes. He just nodded and left. Cindy introduced me to her father and uncle. Tom V sometimes bugs me. Jose Luis brought me home and later I went to play Bingo. Luli won again and so did Ramon Faustman. Luli gave me some pretty handkerchiefs and Cris Carreon has invited me to a party on May 20.



May 17 - Wednesday

Went to the house of Tita Salem this morning to give her condolences. I feel so sorry for her and they’re very nice people. Tito ??? was such a nice man. Then I ate lunch at home and went to the ANC this afternoon. The usual people were there. Nena came and we sat in the Sunset Lounge. We saw Bill but he didn’t even stop by to say hello but he looked in our direction though. Then Jose Luis brought us to Marina’s house where Nena, Marina, Angela and I cooked. Angela left early and then Nacho, Jose Luis, Carlos and Gonzalo came and we ate supper. I like Nacho so very, very much though I’m only a sister to him. Mom got mad because I came home late even though it wasn’t my fault. I always get blamed for everything.