Well, here's my weekly letter. I don't write oftener for my time is pretty well taken up. I went to the show tonight and then had some ice cream afterwards. This weekend I was eligible for a pass, but I stayed here. There is nothing for a good boy to do in town unless you know someone or other. There really isn't anything to do. I was going to go and see your cousin but we don't get through with classes until 5 and that would mean it would be 6:30 before I got to town - Lord knows how long it would take to find her house even though I have the address. Here's the catch - if you want to sleep here you have to be in bed at 10. So I would have to leave town at 9 which would give me no time at all, especially when I don't know where I'm going or am. Jack was classified as a pilot but he's in another squadron. My subjects aren't too hard because I've had most of the work the subject's are based on. Only code and recognition are new. In gunnery we've field-stripped a thompson submachine gun and a 45 cal. colt. We will also get a 50 mm flexible gun. I had my Chemical Warfare final and I made 107 out of a possible 113. I got 100 on a math test and a 96 on a gunnery test. You asked about the weather. Well the nights are cool and the days hot I guess. When you drill and stand two hours or more in the sun for reviews - have PT and run all the time, you forget all about hot and cold weather. The only time you notice that it's hot is when guys start passing out all around you - and they don't do that often for it's a washout offense. I'm going to get my picture taken tomorrow - it will probably take two or three weeks to get them but they'll at least be on their way. Well, it's time for bed so I'll close this and add some more tomorrow.

Well, here it is Sunday evening. I got up this morning about 8 o'clock and got all dressed up for my picture. I started out alright but when I got there the line was too long so I decided to go into S.A. I went in to town and then took a taxi out to her house. She has a nice little house on a corner overlooking a park. There is a white picket fence in front and the house is white. There's a large elm tree in the yard and lots of flowers. The house is small but has five rooms. Two bed rooms, a living room, kitchen and dining room. The house seems to be built in proportion to her. She's little but she doesn't look old. She does all her own gardening and has a victory garden (small) from which she got most of our dinner, lettuce, lemon, cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, and yellow necked squash. Besides this we had creamed chicken, milk and peaches for desert. She has a small orange tree and two lemon trees in the back yard too - lots and lots of flowers and some daisies too. She was a very interesting person to talk to. She has a mixed gray hair, she wears bright red fingernail polish, when she got dressed (to take me back to the base - she doesn't have a car but she called someone who did and they took me back) she wore a white blouse and a black skirt. She wore sheer silk hose and black suede pumps. She seems to have two of your habits - she likes coffee and likes to move furniture. The people next door have a son over there and they showed me all around their house and yard. It was the kind of house you read of in popular mechanics magazines. Lots of gadgets and conserving of space - knotty pine all over. All in all I had an enjoyable day. She invited me back and said I could use her other bedroom whenever I wanted. She asked all about everybody and said I should say that she was well and very busy. I'll get my picture taken tomorrow for sure so just be patient for a while longer.

Love,
Rae