Last cooking. Interesting but I feel unwell. They bought a green, gold decorated sort of dish as a parting present. The girls, Klári (?) made a speech enjoying it thoroughly. When at home got rather ill again. Have a temperature also. Not high.

Was quite ill this morning. Had to lie down and leave the office. Such a thing didn’t happen to me in the last nine years. I don’t know if it is indigestion or just nerves. Or both. I went to the cooking course though but felt most shaky.

Phoned Cica today as it is her birthday. Promised to visit her tomorrow. Or next week. We made a lovely caramel pudding tonight with caramel sauce. The filled eggs were very good too. One of best menus.

Being quite curious how did it happen on Saturday, I rang up Leon very early. He couldn’t speak much being in hurry(?), just told me that his brother was called in to military service in spite of being a 50 percent invalid and having gone through a serious operation quite recently. They were trying…

My birthday today. Fancy having reached this venerable age. Leon rung me up early in the morning, wishing me the best in a beautiful long speech, which come to an abrupt end, however, when his brother arrived. Anyway I couldn’t speak properly as the family was about. At noon his flowers arrived. I…

What a day. In the morning Leon rang me up, but we couldn’t speak much. ‘Phone calls came, one after the other after that. I made an awful fool of myself early in the afternoon. Someone phoned and gave no name: thinking it was Leon, who, not recognizing my voice previously nearly rang off called ?…

Yesterday’s cooking took ages. It was 9.10 when I left. Too awful. Bözsi absent. – Today Vin. phoned me, we made an appointment for the evening. I got rather nervous about the whole thing stage fright I suppose and would have liked to bolt (?) in the end, didn’t want to meet him. So I went to the…

As I’m afraid yesterday’s fiasco was mainly my fault I rang up Leon this morning. The nasty creature told me to ring off and he would call me in a minute. The “minute” took a long time to pass. So I called him again in the afternoon just before going out but he was busy and wasn’t free in the…

On account of Jewish holidays our Monday cooking had to be postponed. Leon is away for Monday too. Holidays I suppose. People are dreadfully upset. Houses are being prepared for air raids, cellars are being built. Gas mask can’t be found. Sugar, lard, coffee etc. is being bought in great quantities.…

Cooking quite nice. People are getting too excited about the war. All the houses are being prepared for an air raid, at least they are supposed to be. We have nothing at all, not even the sand put in the garret.