January 23
by Janine Stephenson
I still haven’t met The Senator. He’s
going to be in Manchester today. I think he may come tomorrow.
The weather is the same here as in
Wisconsin. Though the wind is colder back home.
Mrs. Stoutmiller wears her grey hair
in a bun. I would think that it would be warmer to wear it down. In reality,
she has long hair. I’ve seen it down once, on her way to bed. It’s very pretty.
Becca’s hair is long, but she wants to grow it all the way down her back. My
hair isn’t short, but I need to get it past my shoulders. Mrs. Stoutmiller told
us to use coconut milk.
All of us, including Craig, left the
campaign in good hands and went to see a movie. We saw The Graduate. It was
alright. Mrs. Stoutmiller laughed out loud during the end. When she laughs, her
mouth doesn’t move as much. It’s like she’s trying to stiffle her laugh.
Hearing her laugh makes me laugh as well.
I think she enjoyed the film more
than I did. It’s not that I didn’t like it, but when the main character,
Benjamin, is seduced by Mrs. Robinson I kept wondering what it would be like to
have an older man seduce me. And during the stripper scene I couldn’t believe
that a woman could do that with her bosom. I don’t have a big chest, so I can’t
even practice swinging my body like that.
I didn’t graduate high school with a
boyfriend. Becca has always been far luckier at boys than me. In fact, I caught
her flirting with Craig during the movie. I think she likes him, but she won’t
admit it. She gets mad when I tease her about it too.
