Tuesday January 4 1938
Depression – depression.
Ed Doersom laid off today. He & Laura over tonight with their woes and those of the other 11,000,000 out of work.
Cleaned my room tonight. That much pysical [sic] labor wears me out. Hope I can build up some reserve energy by June.
Wrote to Wally- Bath & to bed- too tired to even read.
While at Lazarus for lunch today found a counter of 5 cent patterns- So indulged myself in 4. Hope it wasn’t money wasted.