Thursday Morning [December 16, 1941]

Eight O’ Clock

Dearest Nick,

It looks very lonely out this morning; there is frost on the ground, dear, and I’m wide awake in bed. I thought that I’d write to you this morning and let you know that I’m going to work this morning. If I become ill, I’ll come home again. Honey, I do feel better now, but how I’ll feel later on, I can’t tell.

Saw Anne and Jean this morning getting ready for work. The girls are getting ready for this party. They have the hall all decorated. How I wanted to help! But Mrs. Zimmerman made me stay in bed. She is very nice to me.

It’s very early in the morning and I’ll just tell you all over again, dear, that I’m in love with you. I have the radio on and they have guard music on this morning. Also, I have listened to the world news, dear.

I have several packages that I have to mail to various places and I can’t get any wrapping paper. What am I going to do? Can you suggest something, dear, this brain of mine is getting very lazy since I’ve been ill, or maybe I just don’t care.

Dearest nick, I miss you and miss you. I miss you, dear, your love and kisses, your laughter and all. Sometimes it is just unbearable. Especially [since we were] having a date every night and [now we have] no more dates. Someday our time will come and as you said, we’ll start where we left off. That’s Grade A by me. I’m sure you feel the same way.

Gosh, I’m hungry, very hungry too. I think I’ll have egg this morning again. That’s what I had yesterday, eggs, toast, and milk. I’ll even stuff my pockets. Saw Dan the other day and he wanted to know if I still stuffed my pockets. Ha! Ha!

Darling, I’m getting that all lazy feeling again. Do you think that I should go to work? I can’t make up my mind as to what I should do. Work or stay in bed? I think it’ll be work this morning.

Honey, it is close to nine. By the time I get ready, go to the post office, and other places of sightseeing, I’ll be ready to go to the Brauch. So, honey, bye until this afternoon. I’ll see you again, honey, with my pencil and paper. Until again, I send all my morning kisses and love, dear, to you. Honey, I love you and love you……………love you…………..

Lovingly Yours,

Rose