Melissa

Growing Up Depressed In The Regan Years,
2001-12-02 04:05:39 (UTC)

FRIDAY 16 MARCH 1984

FRIDAY 16 MARCH 1984 10:08 A.M.
Penny got detained at work yesterday, so she couldn’t come,
but she’ll be coming in today. I was complaining to her
about Heidi yesterday. What else is new? I have a math
test next period, so I’m going to go study now.


12:05 A.M. (same day)
Really today is Saturday. I just haven’t gone to bed yet,
so it still seems like Friday to me.

Penny came in during lunch today. She sat at my table
during lunch, then she went in to a Physics class and took
a test “just for the heck of it,” (that she said she got
about 5 right.) Then between chem. lab and chem., I was
sitting there reading (what else?) a “Battlestar Galactica”
book and she walked in. How appropriate! She stayed for a
little while in chem., then had to leave for work.

There was a C.A. Rally (Youth Rally) tonight. It was about
true love. God’s love. It was good.

At Teen Talent, (February 17, 1984,) I met a guy named
Peter. After the service was over, everyone was standing
around talking, and he came up to me and said, “You’re a
Senior, right?” I said, “No, I am a Junior.” Then we
introduced ourselves, and I found out he goes to Calvary
Tabernacle Assembly of God Church in Schenectady. He is a
Senior (I don’t know where,) and next year he will be going
to Valley Forge Christian College, (same college Matt and
Marty will be going to.) He is a little taller than me,
very dark hair, he looks like he may be Italian or
something like that. I don’t know what color his eyes are,
I think they are brown. He was wearing a sports jacket,
but I didn’t see what school or what sport. I asked him if
he was coming to the next rally. He said, “If I don’t have
to work, I will be.” Then before he left, he said, “See
you later,” to me, and he asked if I was going to the C.A.
Convention in Syracuse in April. I told him yes.

Actually, the reason I haven’t written anything about him
is because I had forgotten about him until Maria
said, “Remember that guy you met at Teen Talent?” Yes I
had. But not until she reminded me.

What I am getting at is this – I saw him again tonight. I
recognized him immediately and he recognized me
immediately. I can’t believe he actually remembered me!
Everybody was downstairs eating pizza (we were in a church
in Albany.) We saw each other at the same time, and he
smiled and waved at me! (I knew he was waving at me, but I
still couldn’t believe he remembered me!) I smiled back
and said, “Hi.” (silently, I just mouthed the word.) He
did the same. Then he came over to me and said, “You’re
Heidi, right?” I said, “I’m Melissa. Heidi is my
partner.” He remembered Maria’s name too. I wanted to go
talk to him, but there were too many people around. I
wonder what his last name is. Tonight he was wearing a
jacket just like my black one, except his was brown, and
his was real leather.

I talked with Betsy and Matt a little bit tonight, but I’ll
write about that tomorrow. I’m too tired now.




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