June 4, 1944
Sunday
Hello Grandparents,
Well I have been back here a week now and it seems like a good while ago since I was home. It all seems like a very pleasant dream to me now.
I suppose that Mother let you know that I got back here in good shape and on time. I got back around 6 o’clock in the evening and had time to get my things straightened up so that I could get a good night’s rest to start off the week with.
It was hot before I left but it seems that Summer must have come in earnest during the two weeks I was away. I don’t know what the temperature has been but it has been hotter this week I believe than at any time I can remember at home. You just sweat all day as much as you would if you were working in a hay-mow on a very hot day. We have started taking salt tablets already to keep from getting over heated.
It rained some this evening so it has cooled down enough that we’ll at least be able to sleep tonight.
We did about the usual kind of work last week. I sure noticed that I had softened up a lot during my furlough. I am beginning to get back into shape and into the routine of things by this time.
I went to the chapel this morning and wonder if the church at home had a preacher today.
How are things coming at the school house now? The front lawn sure looked several hundred percent better before I left. I hope Aunt Mary is coming along all right by now. I suppose everything else is coming along about as usual.
Your grandson,
Donald