September 29, 1944

Dear Milan,

I was surely surprised to find myself lucky enough to hear from you again so soon however I'm going to answer prompt just to show you I can, or is it I enjoy hearing from you? ha! Well thats one way to get letters is to answer them. Had I not been so slow last June maybe you would have known I was home at the same time you were here. So you think you might interest me in coming to Florida for a while, well that's an idea- at present I've a general idea what all parts of the country are like except the south; however it shall depend on just how we strike one another when that certain time comes.

Oh yes I get a letter from my girl friend from Calif. that I lived with in L.A. she has decided to take her vacation in Topeka. She will be here next Friday, am I ever tickled (she seems as near a sister as I've ever had) she is a peach however she is several years younger. She, Velma is trying to make up her mind whether to come back here or go back. She is trying to get me to go back with her. It is getting so cold here and after spending last winter in Calif. I can't seem to get warmed up. Our warehouse is so cold in the office. I sit there typing with a wool dress and winter coat in Sept. and my fingers are so cold its hard to strike the keys. I'll get used to it, I hope.

Yesterday they were doing some arc welding high up on a pully. I was itching to dash out and ask them about a job for myself. I was kept so busy I couldn't do it I called post Engn. and they just laughed and said we don't hire women. heck! But that would be one way to keep warm.

Incidentally it seems I am oldest by (4) four months, my birthday is Sept. 13, 1917 I didn't finish high school until I was 20 due to all the children's disease and ear trouble (mastoid) which I've long outgrown result: I got a bad start being out so much then having to take it over and being out the same time again. Otherwise I finish school later then the average.

You spoke of going to the beach you mean its warm enough to go swimming? That's wonderful. Can one go swimming all winter? That isn't true about Calif.

"Going My Way" was surely a excellent picture. How far is your camp McDill Field from Tampa?

I must draw this to a close for its past bed time. By for now.

Yours truly

Kathleen