April 25, 1943
April 25, 1943
Dear Sweetie pie,
A very happy easter to you. Darling, I bet you were the greatest lady in the Easter Parade this year.
Thanks a lot for little Pietro. He arrived this morning and has caused quite a sensation all day. People keep coming into my room and asking, "May I see him too?". I point up on my bed, they look, then they smile and say, " Gee Whiz". I'm afraid I'll have to hide him on inspection days. The C. O. might be in a bad humor. And anyway, I'm going to be a perfect little angel till I get my furlough.
Shucks honey, isn't there some way you could wrangle a couple of days off. Tell the boss that your great grandmother is having a baby or something. Use your charm on him. Maybe you could at least get a Monday off. Maybe I could write him a threatening letter. There must be some way.
My colleague, Prof. Ehrdardt, O.P. Klein is at it again. He has a bad case of eye strain too, so he wore dark glasses yesterday. Everyone was kidding him about, "Where's your tin cup?" He figured enough is enough - he got a tin cup. He limped around the school begging pennies from all the instructors.
Everyone laughed at him and called him a darned fool. Hah! That "darned fool" made over two dollars in pennies. What a guy!
I went to be at nine o'clock last night. and slept through till nine o'clock this morning. I woke up feeling rotten. ?????
One of my chums returned from his furlough yesterday. I saw him in the study hall so I went up and said, " Glad to see you back." He looked at me disgustedly and said, "You moron." Oh well, that's the way it goes, some days you can't lay up a cent.
I started to teach the toughest unit in the system this week. It is the only unit that I haven't worked on yet. After a couple weeks I should have a pretty thorough knowledge of C.N.S. operations. In my spare time I'm going to brush up on theory. Maybe I'll learn enough to become a janitor at W.G.N. Isn't that a handsome thought?
Thanks again for Pietro. He's O.K. So are you.
Love and Kisses
Ray