At work, the world is wrapt up in itself. Things outside don't matter so much.
Jennie is better, Daniel is not. I am afraid about Daniel. He is my wicked teasing gentleman, but he doesn't smile at me much any more. He says it's getting rougher. He has too much trouble breathing. The oxygen doesn't even help if he exerts himself.
Tom, on the other hand, just gets better. It's his birthday, Wednesday--his mother is coming to see him, and he says in September, when he has to leave the building, she'll take him out for a little celebration. He always smiles.
Verna's hearing aid won't stop going off. *laughs*
Katy is happy with me, and her husband seems better, which I'm glad of. Florence's husband, Luther, is getting much more ill. He doesn't leave his room now. He shouts more. Florence always sits by him (their rooms are far apart, not like Katy's and Don's, Katy and Don room together), and when he was in the hospital she looked so tired and sad and drawn. I'm--just quietly sad. Luther's too ill.
Bertha's getting better.
Charlotte doesn't seem as depressed. She got two flower baskets last Tuesday.
Marcie was very well. I do love Marcie awfully.
Stewart apparently would like to take Daniel's place as my wicked teasing gentleman. He is quite wicked, indeed, and teases awfully. I tease back, though, when I water his plants and bring him mail.
I gave Catherine a spider plant for her window, and made her smile when I showed her the elephant's ears and the tiny red palm. She says she's blind. It must be blind like Katy, then, because she admired the colour of the palm.
Agnes was awake enough to play bingo, and won twice. I am unbearably glad.
Alberta does not seem to hate me any longer, even when I can't find what she wants. Ordinarily she would have sworn at me. This time she smiled and said it was all right, I couldn't help it. I'm glad about that, too.
I can run a thousand errands now. I can do so much.
Also, Lisa is good. I wasn't quite comfortable at first, but now I can see that she has something of Rebecca. She can make my people laugh. She made everybody so happy during the twelve-thirty activity to-day, made everyone laugh, and I'm not mistrustful of her any longer. They like her, and she's good. I'm perhaps a little too respectful, which is appropriate, to them, with my age, but Lisa can tease like mad and joke and always help and--I don't mind her any more.
Is good.