Saturday Evening
Dear Mom + Dad,
Your letter finally arrived today and I was very glad to hear from you. As you know I was looking forward to it and expecting it so when it finally arrived it seemed good.
Thank you for getting my drum sticks and socks. You should have used the check as that was your money anyway. But if you want to add it to my account thats all right too. I expect to have a few more dollars to add to it very shortly now. That is as soon as I get paid. I just can’t get over the idea of me having a bank account. It tickles me pink. Perhaps by the time I get out of this army I’ll be a capitalist. However, if I ever move to a decent place I imagine I’ll be able to spend my money as usual. But now I can’t spend it if I try.
I don’t know where you ever got the idea I didn’t appreciate home. I guess it was just that I took it for granted and never thought much about it. Now that I’m away from it I can really see just what it did mean to me. I guess you never really appreciate a thing until you have to be without it. God knows I’d give everything I had to be home again. However that is impossible right at present so I have to make the best of it. When this war is over, believe me it will be the first place I’ll head for. I often think a lot of you folks and being home. But I try not to do it to much for if you dwell on things like that it only makes things more miserable in my present life. Needless to say, I miss you all and hope to be home sometime in the not to distant future.
It was good to hear about “Sweetheart”. I’m glad to hear you are trying to restore some of its lost glamour by removing the dents. I’m sure that will improve her looks. It is a shame to let the “Sturdy” go at such a low price. But I know that it isn’t worth much. That car was sure a waste of money - so the gas ration is keeping the car from moving very much. I figured it would. It seems a shame when I see all the cars that run around here with all the gas they want for 14c a gallon. Maybe I could ship you a gallon or two a week. I’ll look into it.
I found out where to write for my absentee ballot right after I wrote and asked you about it. I have already sent off for a blank. I hope it gets back to me in time to send it off before September 15. I have now only a little over two weeks. It looks like the Republicans with Dewey have the best bet this year. I’d like to see him elected as I think he would be a good man. Farley certainly put one over on Roosevelt didn’t he?
The state primaries out here in California are quite interesting: Olsen the present governor of the state won the Democratic primaries and is their nominee. However, an unattached man Warren, won the Republican nomination and pulled enough in the Democratic primary to give Olsen a close race for that post. It looks as if Warren is a sure bet to win the election. It will be interesting to watch anyway.
Probably by the time you receive this letter you will be thinking seriously of your vacation. I hope you will have a good time on it. I still haven’t heard if you’re going anywhere as yet. Let me know the details.
My morale has picked up again some. I’m getting accustomed to this job now. It isn’t too hard except for the time you have to put in. Tonight I’m in charge of giving medications and working the books. I understand that we are supposed to get some nurses in to start work on Monday. If we do it will sure relieve our burden here.
I’ll write you again tomorrow night.
Love
Bob
Bob
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