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382 August 30 - Thursday - 8:30 P.M. My Dearest Darling: So impatient as I am for you to get home - its hard for me to concentrate on anything else. Received #310 and 2 envelopes of clippings this morning. The mail is all crazy like, and it seems as if letters mailed on even days are the ones which are held up. Was glad to hear that you had received the pajamas. I'm getting another pair ready to send to you now. Packed your birthday box - couldn't get everything in, so I decided to spread the overflow into Christmas. That really makes it sound like a lot, it isn't at [pg 2] all, but put up food weighs heavy. I do hope the Navy acts good and fine and discharges you soon - Probably when the new point system is announced, you will have enough. Then I suppose having panted over that hurdle, you will have to sit around waiting for transportation. Right now I feel as if I’d like to row out and bring you home - and at that I bet I could almost make it before the Navy. Just to keep me happy make a guess as to the month you think you will get home- Don't get counting too much on a boy child next time. We will probably have another girl sprout and then a boy. That's the way it usually runs - two of one kind and then a change, but [pg 3] you never can tell. However, I’d like to try a simple experiment next time just to satisfy my curiosity. I loved hearing about your dreaming of Wendy. She is a most delightful baby. This afternoon I walked her downtown, a slow process, because she has to stop and examine every leaf, stone, etc. etc. etc. We passed a car in the process of being washed, and Wendy stopped to gaze at the water flooding out from underneath. After some seconds she announced happily, “Wee-wee,” and we proceeded on our way. The only place we had real trouble was in front of the bookstore. Wendy is her daddy all over again on that score - she wanted to go in and nothing would stop her - Miss Guffin [pg 4] the proprietress was highly amused. To climax the outing we stopped for ice cream cones, and ambled over to the park to eat them. Wendy was ice cream all over her face - you've just never seen such big eyes, and such a busy little pink tongue. Had a letter from Muz, and she says we must make a stop over in Memphis on our way east. I’d very much like to take the Southern route, since we've already seen the Northern, and I’d like just a glimpse of Los Angeles. I suppose no matter where we light eventually, we will go back east for a visit after your discharge. Doug has a job checking over planes in Memphis, and is able to sleep home. Had a good letter from Betty C. [pg 5] Chets expects to get out any time after the 1st of the year. Right now he's on his way out (voluntary) attached along with some other language men to a Marine occupation unit. Did you know that the February group made Lt. on the last Al Nav? Betty also added quote “Apparently, the Navy can keep men listed ‘essential’ only up to four months after they have sufficient points for discharge.” Some of the men at the Presidio have been assigned to special work at Harvard - preparation for closing down Navy schools all over the country. One officer wrote a letter to one of the San Francisco papers saying that there were 2,00 officers all Navy at the Presidio, who had been trained for the [pg 6] occupation of Japan and wanting to know why they are being kept idle. Why the hell he didn't keep his big mouth shut I don't know, and by now he probably wishes he had, because I heard one of the West Coast commentators talking about it this evening. Either MacArthur or the Navy is going to have a very red face, if it all comes to a head. (quite unintentional I assure you!!!) God, I'm sleepy - our child wears me out - all day I look forward to putting her to bed, and when the happy moment finally arrives, I'm too tired to think straight. Well tomorrow is another day, and here's hoping it brings us some good news. I love you darling - a great big lot - Bobby
