Thursday Evening
Dear Mom + Dad,
Your Sunday letter finally arrived today and I was glad to hear from you. Last night I not only received the news of my departure but I also received all my back mail. It has been laying here and I didn’t know it was here. So everything worked out fine. I think I told you I received a letter from you dated the 19th of October. Just a little late but at least I got it.
As far as I know I leave Saturday but it is possible that I may leave Friday or tomorrow. Of course it will be either one of the two. I’m rather inclined to think it will be Saturday as our reporting date is the 12th and it will take about 1 ½ to 2 days to get there according to how we go. I’m still excited about the whole deal. I really expected Santa Anna and then I’m ending up in San Antonio. There are several air fields there but I think I’ll go to either Kelly or Randolph Fields. I don’t know if I’ll stay there or not but at least I’m embarking on my career in the air corps. Of course I’ll write and let you know all about it as soon as I get there.
I got paid today. It took me almost five hours to wrangle around to getting it but I managed it. I was paid $60. I’m going to hold off sending you the $25 until I see if I get paid at the end of this month or not. I imagine I’ll be messed up for awhile so rather than send it and then have to come back and ask for it again I’ll hold on to it. I have about 80 bucks in my pocket now and it sure feels good.
I’m going to (get) messed up royally if I leave Friday. I have my coat in the cleaners and it won’t be back until Saturday morning. I have some clothes being salvaged and they won’t be back until Saturday either. I’m afraid if I leave tomorrow I’ll lose all those things. I hate to depend on them being forwarded to me. Then too my record in supply is messed up. I’ve turned in stuff and it isn’t checked off. I sure hope everything works out fine. If not I’m liable to be up a tree for quite a few bucks through no fault of mine. I’m doing all I can on it so I guess in the end it will all work out O.K. At least I hope so,
I’m still in a dither about this whole deal and I’m doing some running around trying to get things in shape before I leave. I have been all messed up since I left the 5th Fid. The wrong place, record mix ups, and so forth. I’ll be glad when I get settled to a little more (or) less peace.
Well that’s all for now. I’ll write from now on when I get the chance.
Love
Bobby
Bobby
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