January 1, 1944

1515 1 January 1944

Happy New Year, Darling.
1943 ended without any special excitement around here. Nothing like the Christmas t?? and far more enjoyable. The colonel left a few days ago and he’s now, presumably, gone to London for a couple of meetings, which makes everybody very happy. This place never runs smoothly, but without the col. it at least runs. The beds are pretty well filled up now, so we are not plagued with a flood of unnecessary admissions, and there were no emergency operations or anything like that. I only got 2 hrs sleep (more from insomnia than work) night before last, but I made that up yesterday afternoon. Last night we had a very congenial party at the club- not too stail ?? and not too wild. I was dragged into trying to dance on the rough concrete floor, + was ?? at midnight by three ladies, one nice, one O.K. + one repulsive. A wall-eyes Creole, or something, form Louisianan kept “molesting” me from time to time, to everyone’s amusement. Now I guess she’s so mad shell never speak to me again (I hope). I’m very particular about women, you know, so much so that to date I’ve only found one that fills the bill. None of them stand a chance against you.

Love B