Back in school

*August 30, 1944*

So school started again today and I already love being in sixth grade!! Technically, I am in middle school now except the 6th graders still are in the elementary building. 6th grade is so cool because I get to have four different teacher this year instead of just one like last year. The only thing bad about this is that Momma had to spend more money on my school supplies and we had to save our ration stamps up for a whole month to have enough to buy me new markers. Our renter made me a new outfit for the first day as a thank you for letting her stay with us. She is leaving tomorrow because her fiance is coming home from the war. He was on a ship in the Pacific.

So, even though I am now in 6th grade, my social studies teacher also tells us everyday about something that is happening in the war. Today, we learned about the liberation of Paris. She even showed us on the map that Paris is in France. My dad once wrote in a letter that he got to fly over Paris. I told this story to my whole class. Anyways, the liberation of Paris means we are getting close to the end of the war. It means that the Allies have taken back France's capital. Hope to write soon but its dinner time.