January 4, 1944

2305 4 January 1944(V-mail)

Dearest,
How’s your morale? Mine’s OK. But it would be better if I was where you are, and you were there too. I just wrote to Min Goff + the other day I wrote to Min McCalson ? , Aunt Irene, + Midge Howe. I still have to write to Papa, Dr. Mac, Mr. Boyd, Nick Hatfield, + by that time probably to somebody else. (Isn’t that funny- or is it? Looking back at what I just wrote, I see that I answered all the ladies first). This afternoon Barner went to work on an appendix + spent half the afternoon rooting it out. It was about the toughest one I ever saw. Aside from that nothing of any particular note has occurred. We had some more wind the last couple of days. At first it was out of the west, off the Gulf Stream, and nice and warm. But it swung around to the north, before it died out, so it’s cold again. We also had a quite a lot of rain for a day or so. Today was beautiful- I think the sun is getting a little brighter and warmer- imagination is a wonderful thing. We are due for a general inspection in a few days, but nobody in this outfit is at all disturbed about it. They don’t seem to give a damn. So do I. All I am really deeply interested in is in getting back to you and staying there.

Love B