On the edge of nowhere
Friday, 9:30 p.m.

Dear Donna:

Was sure thrilled to hear from you even if it was a little late, but never-the-less they are all looked forward to, and are treasured each and every one. Yep, I have all your letter saved up and I hope I am where I can receive them for some time to come yet.

Glad to hear that you were in Salt Lake and also that you were able to visit with your brother at Provo. That is a very pretty town and I wouldn’t mind living there at all.

Just got through with my work for today. Have my pass in for signature so that I can leave for Salt Lake Saturday night. I sure hope that you are able to be there. I really have been looking forward to the day when I could see you again. There are a lot of things that I want or rather would like to talk over with you. I would much rather talk than write, but when I am in a position to talk I can’t find anything to say. I’m tongue-tied or something. Here’s hoping you are there tomorrow night and Sunday.

No, I didn’t ravel far to see Dad. He only lives 111 miles west from here. A little less than Salt Lake. It is around 135 miles to SLC.

Glad to here you were on the winning end of a bridge party. Keep it up and maybe you can get enough to furnish a home.

OK, I have a very good surprise for you this time. They must have had too many ratings or something, but they were foolish enough to make me a Tech Sgt. I’m making enough now to make me get ideas. More than I have every made before in my life, $114 per. If I were married that would be increased almost $55.00, which isn’t bad at all. Now I have but one more rating to “sweat out”. That is Master Sgt. with $138 base pay which is still better.

Received a letter from Mother today and she said that she hadn’t seen you, and therefore thought you were still in Salt Lake.

Maybe you don’t like your picture of yourself that you have on the piano, but I thought it was swell of you, and I would still like to have one someday soon. Are my chances good?

Have you decided anymore in regards to taking the job in Provo. As I said, it was a very pretty place to live, but so are a lot of others. I can mention one in particular that I have in mind at the present, but I am going to wait and see if the Army don’t change all that.

So you are not in the clutches of old-age, but just sleepy? Are you still getting up at 6 or can you stay in a little longer now? I have often wondered lately what it would be like to lay in bed everyday until noon. I used to almost to that bad before I joined up, but that is ages ago. Almost 17 months to be exact. The time has sure gone by fast in this type of life, or so it seems.

Have you every had a song keep going through your head, and you keep humming it. I’m in that sort of a state now. The song is “Miss You”. The first time I heard it was from a record my cousin had sung by Dinah Shore. It is really a wonderful arrangement of it. I like the words too. They are very descriptive.

Mother was mentioning in here letter that it sounded like I was getting serious. Maybe I am, but I often wonder if it would or will or does do me any good. What do you think?

Today we finally got the rest of our pay for the month of July, and I don’t mind saying that I could have used it a long time before. It don’t look like we will get paid again until sometime the middle of September.

From what we here we are really going to rough it for the month of September. Don’t know how much truth there is in it yet.

Can’t think of anything more to say so will say goodnight for now and hope by the time you have received this that I will have seen you in Salt Lake. 

Lots a love

Wayne