June 2nd, 1973
Dear Diary,
Today is Saturday and though it is almost summer, Mom's got that crazy spring cleaning bug again, so I'm stuck upstairs cleaning my room. I mean it's not too bad. The sun is out and I've got my window open. Not to mention I can hear the Partridge Family practicing in their garage! I think they have a concert coming up. Maybe I'll go. Mom will make me take Ricky, but that's okay. It beats going by myself.
Right now I have about half of my room cleaned and I am taking a break. I am listening to the practice occurring next door, but as soon as they're finished, I think I'm going to play Crossword Puzzle. It's a new album. I just got it yesterday and I am super excited to listen to it. Mom says I need to finish cleaning my room first, but I think I'm entitled to a break. Right?
Looks like the neighbors are done practicing now. Time to play my new album. Oh, drat! Mom's banging on my door…
Later June 2nd, 1973
Dear Diary,
Okay, so maybe it wasn't too much of a problem that Mom was bothering me. I didn't end up getting to listen to my new album today, but I did get to spend an entire day with Ricky, Tracy, Chris, Danny and Laurie at the park. Keith didn't come. Laurie said he had some studying to do or something. I hope that really is the case. I think I'd feel just awful if he didn't like me and was avoiding me or something. I mean, I didn't think our date was boring. Sure, we didn't say much, but we watched a movie and ate popcorn and talked a little bit. I mean that's got to account for something. Right?
Okay, so maybe it doesn't account for as much as I'd like it to account for. For example, I've heard girls at school talking about going on dates with Keith Partridge. Each of them got a kiss. Yeah, okay. So some went to drive-ins and other's made it all the way to Muldune's Point(I'm still trying to figure out exactly what that means, but I'm pretty sure that I know. Let's just say drive-in movie X10). All I got was a sit-in movie and transportation to and from my house. I don't mean to complain. I just feel like…I don't know. Disappointed? Maybe I'm just jealous.
I'm now starting to wonder if his whole asking-me-on-a-date thing had something to do with an obligation. I mean I'm sure Ricky had been bugging him about it. Maybe he just took me out to get Ricky off his case? Or maybe he just took me out to prove to Mom that he's a nice boy and that they're a nice family? Alright, so maybe the second is a little far fetched. But I'm worth a little excitement aren't I?
If people start asking me how my date was with Keith Partridge (Though I doubt anyone's going to approach me at school), I'm going to have to get really creative really fast. I don't want to be remembered as the only girl Keith took out on a date and didn't even kiss goodnight. Obligation or not, I really did expect that at least. But I shouldn't really lie… well not too much. If Keith got wind that I over-exaggerated our little 'movie date,' he'd hate me forever. Not that I'd blame him. I wouldn't want somebody tarnishing my reputation in order to save his or her own…
Okay, so maybe I won't lie. If someone asks, I just won't talk about it. That way no one will really truly know what happened.
Well, it's getting kind of late now, so I guess I'll go. Hope tomorrow is a little more interesting. I can only hope.
Donna
P.S. One more thing… I asked Laurie about the concert and she said that they have one going on next weekend. I'll have to ask Mom about getting tickets. I hope I can go!
