MARCH 10

1939 11:50 Friday Eleanor + I went to a show tonight. Today I felt much more suicidal than ordinary... I've got to get over this nonsense pretty quick!
1940 Sunday 11:45 - Leonard took me to Grapes of Wrath tonight - I wonder if he has "figured me out yet"... I certainly can't him - It was very different from the other date I had with him... Howard also wanted to do something tonight. Peggy's father died.
1941 I CAN ALWAYS BEAR ALMOST ANYTHING (CASTING THE MELODRAMA) WHEN A DAY IS LIKE THIS ONE... SUNSHINE... WIND... COOL; BUT DEFINITELY SPRING! - TONIGHT IS FULL MOON - CLEAR SKY... BRIGHT STARS - ALL'S FAIR WILL BE FAIRLY DECENT, I THINK; BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT LITTLE NELL! - OH HELL... I'M ETERNALLY AMAZED ABOUT HOW I MANAGE TO TEACH WITH NO PREP.
1942 Tues Gee, what a day! - Our party went off sooper - daffodils, etchings It all in spite of the fact that my frosting was a flop... Of course, it rained a little, too. Those sweet kids (D.J., Bob, Wilber + Peg) helped w/ dishes. Went roller skating tonight - And danced afterwards! tsk tsk
1943 1:00 WELL, I HAVE A DATE TOMORROW WITH A CERTAIN MR. HARRY Conover... MAY BE NOTHING WILL PAN OUT; BUT IT IS ALL AN experience, ANYHOW. ALL I DID WAS WAIT WITH COW-LIKE PATIENCE IN OFFICES ALL DAY - MR. COOPER WAS NICE TO ME. I SAW TED. GOT A LETTER FROM Leonard - ANOTHER VERSE from HERMAN

MARCH 9

1939 10:40 I walked 8 miles today. Washed dishes for Mother's luncheon played ping pong w/ R. Seeley
1940 Sat 2:00 Marie + I went to "Balalaika" I love Marie a great deal I think, but I can't quite understand her - nor she me - She doesn't like Robert Benchley!
1941 SUN 10:30 - AS GREY + GRIM AS YESTERDAY WAS BRIGHT + BEAUTIFUL... I'VE BEEN LYING WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET... WATCHING THE CLOUDS PASS IN FRONT OF THE MOON... AND THINKING... ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS... ABOUT HOW I COULD STAND A STRONGER BACKBONE (BOTH FIGURATIVELY + ACTUALLY) AND SOME MORE SELF RESPECT... ABOUT EASTER... LEONARD... BOB... SCHOOL (WROTE TO GR + PAID $135.50) FREDERIC + M. ELIZ.
1942 Mon Peggy Bell was over tonight... Irrepressible told me all about her love life while I baked a cake. We heard from Eleanor. It doesn't sound bad at all at all.
1943 TUES 1:30 - I'M SO DARN GLAD I WENT TO SEE MR. Krikorian; ALTHOUGH HE'D PRETTY WELL DECIDED ON A FELLA, I KNOW I UPSET HIM acutely. [I HOPE IT WON'T BE TOO LONG BEFORE I KNOW; I CAN'T stand IT] SAW MR. GEORGE BAKER AT THE Art Center WHO WAS SWELL TO ME... SAW 2 DOUBLE FEATURES! Beau Jeste AND TONIGHT MICKEY + I WENT TO FOREIGN Correspondent

MARCH 8

1939 10:15 And Cr. Wr. Class again and me with nothing to hand in - I've got to start "accomplishing" 100 miles per (in more ways than one!)
1940 2:00 Friday Began re-doing "Dummy" some job! - Worked out a cover which I think is pretty good if Leonard will only do it now - It was Bob's birthday - We 3 felt so silly tonight
1941 SENT BOB A TELEGRAM... FOOLED AROUND DOWNTOWN (TSK TSK IN SLACKS) LOOKED AT A $50 WATCH - I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE NICE THING TO SHOW FOR A YEAR'S WORK - CAST THE ALL'SED FAIR - LOOKS FAIRLY GOOD (??) WISH THE OTHERS WERE ON THE WAY, TOO. (DAMMIT). ABOUT READY TO TRY "T.M.", CAN'T FIND THE BOOK - 
1942 Oh happy Day - kidded myself into writing letters all day - 7! Walked down, mailed them, had given up hope by 7:15 + bang he called. Later said he'd spent half an hour contemplating the phone... After going to the Granada, walking home, having coke, etc. talked even more. Said I "never needed" to "worry" around him - Gee.
1943 12:00 WELL, I WAS A COWARD TODAY; STAYED HOME and WASHED CLOTHES, ME, MY HAIR; CLEANED + STRAIGHTENED UP IN GENERAL. I CALLED MR. Krikorian HAS FELLAS AVAILABLE, damn... HEARD FROM Leonard, THANK GOODNESS. HE IS DOING WELL, WILL GET NO POST-INDUCTION furlough.