Sunday July 9, 1944
Hello Folks,
Well another weekend is here and I have spent the time just taking it easy. It seems that by the time weekend comes I am tired enough to quit. I wish I could catch up on my rest each night for the next day because I know good and well that I’ll have detail on of these Sundays and I won’t be able to to get caught up. I hope that maybe I’ll get a little more used to this work before long and maybe I won’t feel it so.
I got Mary’s 4th of July letter on Friday and it said that mother would write me a letter that night. So I expected both yesterday and today to get it but as yet it hasn’t come. It seems that none of my mail came through very regularly last week so I suppose it will come through in a lump next week.
On Friday and yesterday morning we did the usual type of training then yesterday afternoon I had to take another communication test. Taking a test every few weeks is all that we are hearing from this now. I just wonder what will come of it.
This has turned out to be a very nice day. The sun is shining but there is a dandy breeze blowing. When I got up for breakfast it was foggy and about almost rainy. But when I went to church it has cleared up and it looked like it might get hot but so far it hasn’t. This has been sort of a cloudy week as a whole but it has made it one of the most pleasant and endurable weeks as far as temperature goes that we have had for a long time.
Tomorrow I have a special detail so I won’t be drilling with the company. This is a clean up detail and I don’t know much about it but those who have been before say it isn’t too hard. I’ll be able to tell you more about it after it is over.
I wonder how things are coming along with you. By this time I suppose Richard knows a little more about how his job deal will turn out. I hope that you have got a little rain by this time which you needed so badly.
I wonder how you are spending the time today. I suppose you had a preacher. I am wondering if you have tires to do much visiting on now. I don’t remember of hearing about how you came out with the tire deal.
Well I thought if I waited till almost bed time I would have a little more news but it seems that nothing else has happened. I sure hope I get a letter from you tomorrow. Oh yes, I was writing a letter to Uncle Paul and I started to ask something about the preacher situation at Lilly Creek. But I was so dumb on the subject I didn’t even know what to ask. Mr. Robinson left didn’t he?
Lots of Love,
Donald