Tues. night.
Dear Folks,
I am surprising you with a letter that I hope you can read. Not only that but Iam surprising you with a letter. I have been trying to write you for the last two nights, but last night I was on detail and the night before that I had to study Naval Identification.
The reason for this typed letter is that I am on C.Q. [1]C.Q. = Charge of Quarters, an administrative task for tonight and tomorrow.
(Wed. morning)
I got stopped all of a sudden like last night and I had to make out some reports and make bed check, but here it is 800 AM and I don’t have anything special to do. It really turned cold here this morning and I am just about to freeze. The squadron just left for calesthenics so until the C.O.[2]C.O. = Commanding Officer comes I guess there isn’t anything that says I can’t finish this letter.
I received the second batch of cookies. I think you are being too good to me but I haven’t any complaints to make. Thanks alot.
I have hit the jackpot in gigs for this week. I already have nine and the gig week isn’t over till Thurs. night. This means that I have one tour to walk already and I won’t get off till about nine o’clock Sat. night. I think I will go to be early and get up early and go see Aunt Molly Sun. morning.
I got four gigs for a dusty floor and then five for talking in ranks. Here they don’t fool around by giving out just one or two gigs at a time but instead you get the works every time. What a life–
Say those pictures certainly were swell that you sent. No kidding I can’t picture Karen as having grown so much. I think the hair surprises me more than anything else. and to think that seven months ago when I saw her last she could hardly sit up.
For the last couple of days the mornings have really been cold here, and awfully foggy. You get up in the morning and everythng that you touch is damp, including you clothes. To think that some people wtill brag about Calif., but I have come to find out that it is usually the Californians them selves.
Did you ever solve the mystery of how Karen fell out of bed yet? I can imagine how surprised she was when all of a sudden she found her self down on the floor, however, she can now claim that she has something in common with her Uncle Tom.
Stan, thank goodness I am not having to play you for drinks in golf. Personally I doubt it very much if I could even hit the ball and there is no doubt in my mind what I would do at that water hole. You remember when I put about three right in the middle– well multiply that by about ten or better.
There are a few fellows from Tempe here, but not as many as we started with. However, the fellows that are here are really a swell bunch.
Well it seems like I have been forever writing this letter. Hope you aren’t too disappointed with me for not writing sooner. Enough for now.
I had to end the letter awfully quick because the C.O. came in suddenly. Thanks again and I will try to do alittle better in the correspondence line. Give Karen a great big kiss for me.
With Love,
Tom
