a car--or not a car?

Dear Daughter,

Phil called last night. He was okay, except worried about Baby. He said Marla is getting so large, it is hard for her to get around. He also said that he and Marla believe believe the baby would come sooner than expected!

We are supposed to have showers today, but, it is supposed to be a pretty day by the afternoon, and, I hope the weather is nice because I want to go to the Beauty Shop this afternoon or by tomorrow. I think it will go this afternoon, if I can, because tonight is Bingo night, and I always enjoy that. Than tomorrow night is church, so I guess as they say, I'm living it up.

Pat is supposed to come this morning. I call her by 8:00, to check and see what time she is coming.

Daddy and I are supposed to eat lunch today in the cafeteria. But, when I was out walking I saw a sign about the cafeteria having trouble with their stoves, etc.,so he said he would try to have it opened by dinner on Tuesday. And, really, I don't know whether he means lunch today, and dinner by tonight. I'm sure Daddy and I will eat some place.

We had a good evening last night. Of course, NY lost to Boston, but it was a good game.

If you don't mind, and if you get the car , I would rather you waited until later to tell us what the people at AAUW said about the Crown Victoria! Have I said before, that I can't wait to see it!!

Hope the children will be good today -

Much love, M & D

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Dear Mother:

Time marches on and I hope it marches quickly today. I’m so anxious to see if Stan can take care of all the details today so that we can get the car. Maybe it will be Thursday if Stan gets too bogged down or if the bank doesn’t cooperate in some way. I don’t know but I hope I have the car to drive this afternoon when I go to my AAUW meeting. I don’t want to go to the AAUW meeting but maybe driving the car will make it more fun.

I don’t know what the weather did overnight but I can tell you that it’s a very still, warm, and humid morning. It doesn’t matter much what the weather is like today but I am very concerned about tomorrow since the field trip is an all-outdoors event. Since Stan will be running around doing all the car business today, I hope that it doesn’t rain on him, also. I’m very much looking forward to getting the car so I really hope everything falls into place today. I’ll tell you what the hang-up might be. When you deposit a check (as Stan will be doing), sometimes they say the funds won’t be available for 3 working days (or until the check has cleared). We just hope that since it’s an "official" check and since they know us so well, that they will say that the funds are immediately available. If they are not, they’re not, however, and we’ll just have tot wait. Since I can’t take care of it, however, I’ll just have to let Stan take care of it the best he can and hope that it all works out right.

We had a short evening last night. I’ve been trying hard to go to bed early so I got in bed at 8:30 last night and was asleep by 8:45. That really doesn’t leave much time for doing anything in the evening which is a pity. On the other hand, I don’t enjoy feeling exhausted all the time so I’ve tried to convince myself to end my evenings much earlier than usual and go on to bed. Just think how much trouble you all used to have getting me to go to sleep early and here I am doing it myself!

From your letter last night, Mother, it sounds as if things will be okay with your apartment. Dot will continue for quite awhile and that will give "them" time to find someone suitable. Try to look on the bright side as long as you can! Or, as the old saying goes, "Don’t trouble trouble ‘til trouble troubles you." I’m sure you and Daddy will continue to have a nice place to live.

As for writing this evening, I’ll either be really, really early or really, really late. Depending on what happens with the car, I’ll write well before 5:00 but if you don’t have a letter from me by 5:15, it means I didn’t have time before my AAUW meeting. So if you don’t have a letter by 5:15, don’t bother to check back again until about 9:00. I’ll write after I get home from the AAUW meeting. Have a good day and keep dry!

Bye--Ruth