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October 2, 1985
Hi Mike,
How have you been?
How has everything been since we mo
How is everybody?
Man, writing letters is hard. We’ve never really started any of our conversations with small talk, but not much has happened so I don’t know what I’m supposed to say. I’m going to miss that–not having to have small talk, but I guess I’ll have to get used to speaking to you that way when it’s not over the phone. I don’t like small talk, it’s tedious. I’d rather just listen to you talk about whatever is on your mind like we used to do.
The drive here wasn’t very eventful. Mom had us stop at some historical sights because she thought it would be ‘enlightening’, but we never stopped long enough to actually look at the stuff. At least, not enough to actually get to understand what was so important about the things. The drive was very boring. Mom and Jonathan kept taking turns driving, and whenever one of them wasn’t driving they were sleeping instead, so I had to find some other way to pass the time. Eleven and I played some road games. I had to teach her how to play some of them, but it was fun. Her favorite one to play was the license plate game, but I’m sure she’ll tell you all about it in her letter.
Mom is trying to act like everything is okay but I can tell that she’s worried. I wish I could help make her feel better but I don’t know what it is exactly that she is worried about. Jonathan is also trying to act happy but I think he’s just trying to make me and Eleven feel better. He worries too much sometimes. I am sad, of course, but I wish he knew he could talk to me about things that bother him just like I do.
I guess I should talk about California. It’s alright. I haven’t been able to look around too much since we’ve only been here for a few days, but I haven’t had any problems so far. Me and Eleven haven’t spoken to anyone in our neighborhood so far–they don’t seem very friendly. It’s okay though. Maybe we’ll make some friends when we go to school. We’re starting next week. I’m nervous but I think I should work on that, especially for El. I can’t imagine how nervous she must be. I think I should have asked Max for advice before we left, she was the new kid in town last year, after all.
It’s a lot hotter here than it is in Hawkins. I guess I was expecting that, but I kind of thought it would be a bit colder than it is this time of year. It’s okay though, I like it. It hasn’t rained once since we’ve been here. I miss clouds. I miss you.
I hope to hear back from you soon. Tell Lucas and Dustin I said hi.
-Will
PS: Jonathan says hi