June 7th, 1973
Dear Diary,
Thursday and a wonderful day it is too! School basically flew by and then Candice and I finished our poem. Karri is editing it for us now, so I'm taking a little break while she and Candy argue over whether or not 'gorgeousest' is a word. I vote that we just throw it out. I mean it doesn't really fit in the third line anyways, but I'll let them discuss it a little more before I intervene. They seem to be reaching an agreement now anyways.
Well, maybe I was wrong? It looks like Karri's going for the dictionary…this might take a while…
Much Later June 7th, 1973
Dear Diary,
Alright. Sorry that I cut out so soon earlier; it's just that Karri couldn't find the word in the dictionary and then Candice asked me what I thought. And so basically I entered the discussion.
I'm not entirely sure what they ended up doing, but I think Karri found another word to fit. Anyhow, the poem's due tomorrow so I hope it's good enough. Candice is going to finish it up tonight. She's better at cursive than I am and so she volunteered to re-write the entire thing in pen on nice paper. Hope it's an instant A+.
Anyways, no Keith sightings today, but Ricky spent the afternoon over at their house. He was just in my room a little while ago, asking me what I thought of Keith. Of course I told him the partial-truth. I told him I thought that Keith was really nice and that the entire Partridge Family was great. I'm sure that's going to make its way back to Keith's ears, so I hope I didn't sound uninterested. I just didn't want the intensity of my crush falling into the wrong hands. I mean if Ricky told just anybody about my feelings, I would be so embarrassed. I don't think I could ever face Keith again. Alright, so maybe that's a little dramatic. Just maybe…
It's about nine o' clock now and I still haven't totally completed cleaning my room, so I'd better get to it; especially since Candice mentioned wanting to come over and meet Ricky. I guess I talk about my little brother more then I realize. But, then again, you know how kids say the funniest things and then those things turn into good conversation pieces? I'll just have to admit that even though he talks too much, I really do love my little brother. I mean I probably would have never have gotten that first date with Keith if he hadn't said something. Maybe I underestimate him sometimes?
Anyways, I also told Ricky about the concert today. He's really excited to go. I've never seen him so inspired. He told me tonight that he wants to become a famous songwriter someday, just like Keith. I wonder if Keith knows anything about it? Seeing how close Ricky is to the Partridge Family, I wouldn't be surprised. One thing's for sure though: if Mom ever knew she would not be happy!! I think it's safe to say that I am one of the few people Ricky has let in on his secret.
Till tomorrow,
Donna
P.S. As promised, poem writing time. Let's see here…
I wish that I knew
What you thought of me?
This feeling I feel,
Is it meant to be?
Not too bad, but I'm beginning to think that I am terrible at poetry. Tomorrow I think I'll try a different style. I'm not doing too well at the rhyming thing, so maybe I should try something else? I'll check the library tomorrow for books on poem writing. As far as I'm concerned, right now I can take all the help I can get!
