Here I go again! Well, I’m now into my fifth week here at the hospital. The time has passed quickly so far. I got a big kick out of my first full fledged shower in a month. Those bed baths!?! In fact, I took two showers that evening, one after the other! I had a heck of a time with my hair and scalp while laid up. No it (my hair) didn’t come out, but it (my scalp) did itch and get awfully grimy.
Today the doc gave me permission to “take a short walk” (I asked him if I could). Ah, yes, my return to the great out-of-doors! A couple of us walked up to the barracks area. I made a bee-line for (1) the barbershop, (2) the PO, and (3) the PX. What a haircut. I got my money’s worth and then some.
I wrote Mom and Dad and enclosed another MO. $40 to deposit in the bank.
I recently received a letter from Mom and Dad in which they quoted a very fine letter from Cleon to Bonnie. They already know how I feel about Cleon – he couldn’t be better. Doesn’t he realize Bonnie writes me right along? However, I have been waiting to hear how she liked that batch of letters I mailed in January. Also, the sweater I “sponsored”. Or was it a sweater this time? I was astounded by her wardrobe! Sounds very much okay and adequate to me. Wherever did she get all those things? I never had anything like that. (Yes, it’s different with girls).
Our pinochle games continue. It’s murder!
I wonder how things worked out on the new income tax set-up this year. Gov’t employees pay-as-they-go, don’t they? Then what happens in March?
In one letter, Mom makes some sly remark about how long it took me to clean up at home, and another member of the family was compared with me. She’s in for it now! It’s common knowledge that the average woman takes three times as long to fix up as the slowest male. And I’m not particularly slow. A lot of boys have come under my observation, so I’ve found that Mom has been doing me wrong. There—-!
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