my new car

Dear Daughter,

I certainly hope your car has arrived, and I imagine it has. I simply can hardly wait to see it.

This has been such a dreary day. It rained, not hard, but steadily until the afternoon. Now it is partly cloudy, the sun is shining, and it is a welcome relief to what we saw earlier.

I didn't get my hair cut today, because it was such a bad morning, that I just thought I would wait until tomorrow morning. We planned to go to Bingo tonight, but it has been called off, because something happened to the kitchen cooking stoves, and they had to cancel lunch and Dinner tonight. Daddy said, when he went to take the garbage and mail, that there is a lot of smoke in the kitchen area, and he could tell they were doing something in the kitchen.

Pat came this afternoon and, as usual, left the apartment with a good clean smell. She certainly does work hard, and I don't think $30 is too much for her. She does all the washing, and I never have to go to launder my clothes any more.

That's about all our news.

Hope you got your car, went to the AAUW meeting tonight.

Hope you get a good night's rest -

Much love, M & D

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Dear Mother:

My beautiful, beautiful car is in the garage. It is just what I hoped it would be--quiet, sturdy, powerful, responsive. I guess I sound like a car commercial but I really do love it. Stan got all the details taken care of (including the license tags and insurance) but about 11:00 this morning. My morning class had just left and whose head should pop in my door but Stan's! He had driven the new car to school and had parked it in the parking lot. We walked out and admired it and then he took the Grand Prix and drove it to school. The Thunderbird is in the shop getting the odometer fixed so it worked out smoothly to leave it and take the Crown Vic. So now I'm the proud owner of the car I've always wanted and, so far, it is just as wonderful as I thought it would be. I can't wait for you all to see it and take a ride!

School was fine today. Until I changed my schedule, Thursdays were my easy day but now, with the new schedule, Tuesdays will be my easy days. So I had time to do all the running around I needed to do today to get ready for the new 2nd grade science unit. By the time the "bad" 2nd grade class arrived at 9:30 this morning, I had several experiments set up. They managed to get through them all without breaking anything so that was a good sign that the other classes should do well with those experiments. My afternoon was a long 1 3/4 hour class with the 3rd graders but I love having them so it went quickly. I left school as soon as I could so that I could get home and have time to get things typed out for the AAUW meeting. It went well enough, also so I can definitely say that all went well today.

It's hard to believe we finally got a new car but we have and it's gorgeous. It's so quiet and smooth! I really can hardly wait for you all to see it on the 25th! You'll love it! As for your day, I'm sorry about the kitchen and the bingo but maybe it will all get fixed and straightened out soon. Good luck with your hair tomorrow morning.

Bye--Ruth