Tuesday

My dearest Paul,

I was so low last night since you didn’t get down this weekend. I was hoping that maybe I would have had a call from you, and, too, since I hadn’t heard from you yesterday I really had a let down feeling. However, about 10:30 last night your letter came, and it helped an awful lot. I noticed it was marked at Suanties at 8 AM on the 16^th and it was that long in getting here and Special Del.Airmail too. The mail service is really poor.

I saw Josephine downtown the other day and she told me that Clyde and Vera moved in the apt. across from her last week. Clyde is planning to go in the Army in about 6 wks, but she didn’t know if he is getting a commission or not. Grady and Ed are also going soon.

It would really be swell if I had a job and could take off for Washington anytime, but without a Business Course there wouldn’t be much I could do around here either. What I should have done was to have gone on and taken one with Peg when she was trying to talk me into it, but at that time I had just gotten my ring and I thought perhaps we would have gotten married soon and I wasn’t interested. Hugh keeps writing Mary Ann to come to N.Y. She is still gathering about going, and I suppose when she does decide to go I’ll have to go along as chaperone so think I’ll plan to stay on up with Phyllis and see if I can’t find something there. As I told you, she wrote me to come up and stay with her and a friend of hers.

I saw Bill yesterday, and he asked about you, dear.

I surely wish you were here to listen to Sammy Kaye with me today.

Mary Ann had another letter from Paul on Fri., and he gave her a standing invitation to Washington. Wish she would decide to go up soon, but of course, after the way things turned out the wk. and that she wanted to go up with me she will probably hesitate to write him again and say she is thinking about coming. That’s the way it goes.

Did you know any of the 30 boys before who are going to school with you? What I mean is, were any of them out at the air base with you? That is too bad that you had to leave the friends you had made, but then you will be making new ones all along and you will like them too.

What are you doing this weekend? Did you go to Washington? I surely wish you were here. I miss you, dear, and all of my thoughts are of you, and I love you with all my heart.

Lucille