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135 Navy #3247 (MG) FPO SF Tues. 13 Feb. 7:30 am in my tent Darling, I decided not to sleep after all this morning because I didn't have a chance to write you yesterday. There, sitting on the edge of the bed almost all dinner, I remembered that I had been dreaming of you very deliciously and wished I could go back for more - #143 - Sweetie, I sure wish you could make breakfast for me any of these mornings. Breakfast, as food, isn't especially bad (nor is it interesting) here; I'm thinking of other things. Mail has been slack here too recently. None at all from you in three days now. I hope mine to you is doing better than it was awhile back. Glad you liked [Kneerim?] (at the Benson's party). Thank him for his message if you should see him again. Of course I don't mind about the typewritten letters; I wish I had time for another one now, for I've lots of material. A Mr. Pearson of the FEA, agriculturist -friendly, simple man of about 45-50 - should be in SF some time within the next month and has promised to call you up for me. He may possibly drive thru Carmel but doesn't know that for sure. Back to the party for a moment - Darling, I’d be sorry to have you go out anywhere for politeness’ sake and be hurt by the experience, but in general I do want you to go out a little bit and keep in touch with a world of men as well as of women. I think it's [pg 2] important, and you should give doing so the benefit of the doubt every other time or so. I do love your taking me with you. 144. - Congratulations on the bank balance! As for our getting it up to balance of $1000 before I get back, I've set the same figure in my own mind; it depends on how soon I make [?], and how long I'm out. (I’d rather come back after $500 worth!) Not doing so well on the debt to Father yet honey - still owe $300 - but that's because a) when our pay accounts changed hands recently the system was changed so that we are paid on the 15th for the month previous and b) the $50 which I Was to pay in a few days will be aborted, largely, by having to buy a membership in an Army Locker Fund (liquor) - $40. However that just means that (with $20 invested in beer) I get $60 back when I leave here, and together with the half-months’ pay I'm behind would make ninety or a hundred dollars paid off by now. Don't worry about it, sweetie, I'll catch up with it soon. You just forget about it altogether but don't count on any money from me (for savings) for about 6 months. I'll buy some special delivery stamps on pay day and spread them out over the month, say every five days. I don't think the delay in the [pg 3] mails has anything to do with the end of the month; it's just happened that way in connection with traffic to or from new operations. You will not send money to cover any part of my postage to you! (By the way, Muz sends me 6-10 stamps every time she writes) What you tell me about Fort Ord (all the men being as each others’ throats) ties up with everything I've ever heard of it. Up until now, at least, I think I am lucky in where I was sent. It's hard to predict the future; we got new commanding officers about a month ago, and they seem to feel obliged to change everything. Gee, darling, it sounded good to hear about you dressed in your blue green dress with the bows, brown pumps, pearls, fur coat. Do that for me just once in awhile won't you? I do like you to go out with somebody I know - but I wouldn't urge you to if I didn't think it was worth the effort as far as being good for you is concerned. Just occasionally. Two things do for me what you speak of music as doing for you - one is music that belongs in some setting of ours (I hear it seldom, but when I do it hits hard), the other the smell of you. Your idea about the pajamas was a wonderful one, sweetie. Yes, I'll send back the small picture when I [pg 4] receive the enlargement. I'm also returning soon snapshots sorted out in the process of filing my album, either because they are duplicates or because I have several nearly alike. I thought you could send some of them to Muz or M and F. I do like seeing them all and having the choice of about half to mount in the album. Do let's keep a list a contact print of all of them at home tho - even photographically or compositionally bad pictures (and I've kept a few of each - am not fussy about that) are worthwhile for getting every little angle of that precious child of ours. Isn't it wonderful to have her? Time to go if I'm to catch the mailman I love you Warren
