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#88 Saturday 30 December 1944 My darling, This will probably be a brief one because Johnny and I both feeling like a little beer for a change, have flipped to see who will go up forward to get it when the rain stops. I lost, and when the beer gets here I reckon I won't do much writing. Twenty minutes later What a luxury…all screwed in a quiet night with no one else here except Reif (who's writing letters too)…two beers inside of me and two to go, plus a couple of very tasty cheese sandwiches - really makes it worthwhile to have an officers’ club. Before now we had to wait in line for our two cans of beer every other day, and could only get it in the hour before evening chow. If we wanted to save it for the evening we had to drink it warm. (The beer is two for a quarter, the sandwich free) No personal mail from you today, but I did get a long envelope with the clippings about Saipan, etc. Enjoy receiving such stuff - Also a letter from Henry, which I enclose. #94: I'm glad you wrote Fran, darling. As you say it isn't much, but it's something. Wish I could see you and Wendy laughing at each other on the occasions of her little awkward messes. Glad you enjoyed the raincoat story - I had to laugh too at your bursting out laughing in the park…be sure to save that pamphlet about the new kind! [pg 2] Sweetie, much as I miss you and want you, physically as well as otherwise, I find [?] per se somewhat less of a problem than I used to before I was married. In fact I have felt no very strong sexual urge since I've been away from you and no very strong tension by reason of lack of intercourse. It is merely that I am always aware of how much more complete I would be with you. Until I am I don't especially feel as though I have to do something about it just as an emotional outlet once in awhile, as I thought I would. The knowledge that I will someday - it seems far off now, but I know that when we’re together again the time elapsed will seem very short - return to a normal existence is a stabilizing factor. Meanwhile I keep busy. Somebody lately has been repeating the quotation “War is an organized bore.” Much more truth than poetry. Sooner or later I'll catch up with answering your letters! I'm about due for some new ones tomorrow. I love you so very much, darling Warren
