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174 February 23- Friday 8:30 P.M. Am going to write small because these are my last 2 sheets of paper. Doug thinks he's going to Hando, Texas as an instructor “Wendy's tooth is thru this morning” My Dearly Beloved Darling: Your special delivery and money order were waiting for me when we got back from town this morning. It was such a nice surprize and made me feel so good. The P.O. asks that you please put the street no. besides P.O. box no. on Specials so they don't have to look it up. Did you write Hi Gang. M.L.S. on the envelope? Meaning? Was awfully happy to hear my mail had started coming thru again - and am looking forward to a real long answer soon. The money order I cashed and now have the $2 put aside for my bathing suit, and perhaps a pretty blouse or slip. It's been cold and windy today like Fall, and a pleasant change. This afternoon I wheeled Wendy downtown in the stroller, and met Gerry at the P.O. She said that she had received a letter from R. and he sounded very enthusiastic about this evening with you, and was quite taken by the fact that you knew people in common in Conn. From the P.O. we went over to Bev's and she drove us over to Monterey. We took the stroller along so I could push Wendy while we went shopping instead of having to carry her - it worked wonderfully. I was able to get a new snapshot album-and tho I don't like it quite as well as our green one, I'm pleased with it nevertheless. It's tan - no tooling - just ‘Photographs’ in gold on the front, and the same size and shape [pg 2] as the green one so they will go well together in our bookcase. After doing a bit of this and that we bought some flowers and took them to the ‘Mission Inn’. Carol and Ward are coming down for the week-end on their way to L.A. for a month, and Bev wanted to fix the room up a bit. Just being in a hotel room made me feel a little funny - I hope we can spend our very first night together at the Mark or one of the other big hotels. Wendy from now on will be no trouble, and just think is big enough to take out to eat! Oh darling - I'm so anxious to have you see her - I talk to her about you all the time, and I never say just mummy loves you, but always daddy and mummy - tho from all indications she's going to call me babab at first! We got home about five - Wendy ate a big supper (Pablum, Prunes and Milk) and went right to sleep. I got her a new stiffer hair brush and am optimistically brushing her hair in the wrong direction - It can't do any harm to try. Oh - while we were at the florist I noticed a flower I’d never seen before and asked about it. Can't remember the name, but it grows in H. and other Pacific Islands - looks a bit like a pale pink orchid, and has freckles comme ςa [DRAWING] Dana's stuff arrived this afternoon, and she expects to go back to S.F. tomorrow and wait for Mike's cold to clear up. News now and it sounds good - W. push on in Europe - Marines making headway on Iwo Jima - On to Tokyo says me, so you can come home. I love you my darling and am even now making little surprise plans for your coming home. Make it soon please - Bobby
