August, 4.

Dearest Hal,

We are having some very hot weather for us. I suppose to you it would seem quite delightful just by contrast. Today we canned some more corn. We now have canned 21 pts. I am doing my best to see that we don’t starve. Also gaining some information which will be useful in the future I hope.

Yesterday I went to town to give a pint of blood to the Red Cross Blood Plasma Drive. I was glad to be able to do something to help. I pray that you may never need to have a transfusion but still I am happy in the knowledge that if you ever did need plasma there would be plenty of it for you or any of our boys who needed it.

I can’t feel any effects of having given blood unless it is that I am a little more tired than usual tonight but that is probably because I’ve had a busy day.

After we finished giving our blood we (Va. S. and I) ate a big lunch and went to the movies by way of celebration. It was quite a thrill for me because we almost never go. In fact we are not allowed to drive except [strictly] on business so unless we are in town anyway and can go, we just don’t see any shows. We saw “Tyrone Power” in “Crash Drive.” I wonder if you have seen it. I thought it was good. I got so excited and really needed you to hold my hand. Darling, things just aren’t half so much fun without you. I had everything in the world that really mattered and didn’t half appreciate it.

I will send you another box of cigars right away. I renewed your magazine subscriptions some time ago so I hope you will not miss any issues. I finally found you a fountain pen. I guess that is what you’d call it. I am afraid it is a very poor excuse. But in times like these we take what we can get and are glad to get anything. I looked and looked before I finally found even that. Try to make that one do for awhile and maybe some day I can find you a good one.

Hal, I am so glad you could get some more rugs. I know you will never regret it. I am just “tickled pink” (Sam’s favorite expression) with both the rugs you have already sent. Have the others been mailed yet? You know how I nearly die of curiosity. The Indian rug you sent came in just a little over two months. May 8. to July 14. That was two months earlier than I thought it could come. We all get so thrilled when a package comes. Just think how wildly excited we will all be when you come home. As I’ve said before that is what I live for.

All my love,

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