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399 September 15 - Saturday - 12:30 P.M. My Dearest Darling: Saturday sure seems to be my bad day. No mail, and Wendy's stroller broke down again, this time the repair bill will probably be about $5.00, because all the wheels have to be taken off and fixed. The whole damn thing $14, and soon I will have paid $8.50 in repairs. As if that wasn't enough, when I went to pick up Wendy's latest pictures, I discovered that they had gotten our pictures mixed up with someone elses. This was such a cute set, and I was anxious to see them, and send them on to you. Of course its foggy again today, and I slept miserably last night, waking [pg 2] up for no apparent reason every few hours. 6:10 Oh darling sweety you do do things big and fine for me - and this afternoon was one of the times I needed you most. Yup - you've guessed it - the SM man brought me your great big fat Special round about three. And, I sat right down and read it thru three times - more about that later. Dickie and Gary (his mother is the one who is going to stay with Wendy) came down to play with Bob, and Wendy was invited over to join the fun. I “wee-wee’d” and “Dookied” her first, but Helen said I hadn't been gone more than two minutes when Wendy sat down and left a puddle on the rug - too much excitement I guess! About 4, Helen decided to drive over to Monterey and asked us to go along. Just as we were leaving [pg 3] the delivery truck drove up with our trunks - I was delighted, because I've been having a lot of trouble - The boy took them around back, and into the garage - all for $1.03. Now all our belongings are in one place, and ready to be packed when we finally do get to leave. On our way to Monterey, a taxi passed us at a terrific clip, and a few seconds later we came upon a fearful accident. The taxi was terribly smashed and flung up on the side of the road, another car had its side smashed in, and there were several others stopped near by. There have been noticeably more accidents since the end of gas rationing and the 35 mi. an hour speed limit. Tried both at the Presidio and Del Monte to get you shoulder boards, but there were none to be had - Did MacQuarrie have a pair - there [pg 4] must be someone from whom you can buy a pair. When I opened the trunks I found another gray blouse, pair of pants, cap cover, full set of black buttons, khaki garrison cap and cap cover. I'm going to send all but the blonde - the pants 4th class, and the rest 1st. Just so you will know - you have blues and all accessories, 2 suits of whites and of course your tropical to wear when you get home. Just getting out of Carmel for a little while, plus your letter have made me feel ever so much happier tonight. I enjoyed your descriptions of the arrival of the natives from [Aguigan?]. Its just one of the many things I want to hear more about. We both need to practice learning how to relax, but that won't be any problem once we’re [pg 5] together again. I've enclosed a roll of 35 mm in your Christmas box II in case you want to get at it sooner. This afternoon I got you a roll of 616 at the Ship's Store. As for Kodachrome - you have to get special cases to send it overseas and another kind to send it back. It hardly seems worthwhile, especially since I've seen some of the finished prints, and the colors, because of war time conditions, are poor. I wouldn't attempt any of Wendy now, because she wiggles too much, but we will take at least one roll before we leave Carmel - especially down at the beach. Sweety, I still think you may be home before April. Army MG is really going into Japan as you can see [pg 6] by the enclosed clipping. And there still seem to be several hundred Navy men about. At any rate I'm going to keep on hoping just as hard as I can. Darling, I think that if you can get into work on historical records for the Navy it will be splendid - I love the idea of living outside Washington, and you’d have a wonderful chance to follow all leads into a good government job. Is there anything you can do about it now like writing to [BurPass?] or whoever is handling stateside MG assignments? I should think they’d welcome any volunteers for such a job, with everyone seeming hell bent on getting out of the service as soon as possible - Work on it sweety - I'm [pg 7] very enthusiastic. And tell the CASA men they’re [?] The only bad weather we've had all year was in October and even the last of September. Its been glorious since early December, and a minimum of fog this summer. But Hells Bells who cares about weather - bed is nice any old time, and we’re sure to have at least a few good days no matter when you get back. Experiments don't necessarily prove anything, but sometimes they’re fun just because. I've been doing lots of thinking about our trip east the past few months, and was going to ask you if we couldn't see Dallas and [?] [?] my list New Orleans. I will get what information I can and let you know. Boulder might be fun, but [pg 8] it would be awfully dull without any of the people we knew. I’d rather just remember it as it was - second impressions are apt to be disappointing. I do wish we could buy a car, and travel that way - tho it would probably be harder on Wendy than a train, because she needs lots of room to move around in. 9:20 Have just finished reading thru a book of French recipes, and tomorrow I'm going to copy some to add to my collection. We’re really going to enjoy eating soon again, and I'm determined to learn how to cook really well - Once more thru your letter now - and then to bed- Let me curl up close to you - to love you and keep me warm- Bobby Will be [?] you, you’re not being home this year - but you’d better be doing and saying it yourself next.
