Mary's Diary — K. C. Catalfamo

They went outside and I don’t know just what happened.

Mitchell & Bud came in while Marie was drinking pop with Morris (Toughie Lyman). They went outside and I don’t know just what happened. Marie & Lorraine finally went home with them. This day has been O.K. (Almost)

Mary's DiaryKelly CatalfamoJanuary 11, 1941Alice, Mitchell, Marie, Verneta, Toughie, Pat, Leigh, Bud, Lorraine, Romance, Skating Comment

sorta sordid but beautiful too

Say, it gave me a funny feeling seeing Mitch kissing Marie, and Lorraine & Bud, sorta sordid but beautiful too

If that “Why?!” didn’t still burn

Our rings are here!

Mary's DiaryKelly CatalfamoJanuary 9, 1941Class Rings, School, Ruth N., Letters, Leigh, Romance, Party, TiredComment

"It might have been."

Somehow today has seemed awfully hollow. I’ve laughed until I cried, I’ve been happy, and I enjoyed prayer-meeting but underneath it all there has been that relentless nagging.

Mary's DiaryKelly CatalfamoJanuary 8, 1941School, Poetry, Romance, Leigh, Lucile, Miss Crone, Pranks, Wayne, Jean C., Letters, I wonder, Mr. Austin, Prayerfully, ChoirComment

the sensible, God-fearing part of me

Oh, what a week this is turning out to be, Sunday started talking to Lucile, all afternoon way up high, that evening in the dumps, yesterday placidly enjoying myself, then today! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Mary's DiaryKelly CatalfamoJanuary 7, 1941Lucile, Leigh, Romance, Library Club, Laura, Poetry, Party, Skating, SportsComment

calm, uneventful and peaceful

A very calm, uneventful and peaceful day.

Mary's DiaryKelly CatalfamoJanuary 6, 1941School, Latin, Bible Comment

I wonder if I'll ever feel this way again.

Oh heck! I’m ready to fly with a rare mixture of happiness and vexation. I wish —— oh skip it! I think that ———— oh skip that too!

Mary's DiaryKelly CatalfamoJanuary 5, 1941Romance, Leigh, Church, Harriet, Gerald, Uncle Dud, Floyd, Mary Low, Helen, All mixed up, Pop-corn Comment

we talked & talked & talked

Then we talked & talked & talked! About 4:30 this morning we turned over and went to sleep.

Mary's DiaryKelly CatalfamoJanuary 4, 1941Play, Lucile, Wayne, Girl talk, Grange, LettersComment

He'd like to have Lucile and everybody else write to him. (Especially Lucile I guess.)

Jay offered to lend me his thesis to look over. It will help. Oh he is awfully good to me. It's nice to have him for a cousin, but he may not even be back this summer ... it left an awful empty and final feeling to see him drive away.

Tomorrow is Paul's birthday so we all paddled him.

Linford has got a big tale about Lucile and Wayne, thinks Wayne drove all the way from Buffallo [sic] to give her the season pass to the Civil music club.

Mary's DiaryKelly CatalfamoJanuary 2, 1941Richburg Central SchoolLeigh, Lucile, Wayne, Linford, School, Eloise, Play, Paul, Aunt Myrtle, Gerald, Phyllis, Latin, Food, MotherComment