Hosp. – France
Hello, Hon,
Big day today! In addition to the usual routine, I snuck (passed [sic] tense of sneak, of course) out to the Red Cross this afternoon and saw a movie. It took loads of cooperation from ambulatory patients, both in planning an alibi and in executing the project. They volunteered enthusiastically and it was pulled off without a hitch. I’d like to tell you the name of the show, but I never knew. It was a sentimental little musical. Not much good, but it was good enough to make me miss you like everything and draw analogies between us and the hero and heroine. Seems as tho every movie does that to me, and makes me wish our happy ending would hurry. Is it a good thing I don’t see many movies like that? I don’t know. They make me yearn for you and miss you very sharply – but it isn’t good to get too sentimental in a situation like this. You feel better just thinking logically. First Lieutenants get all gummed up like that.
Wrote a letter to Laura today which should reach her about her birthday. I couldn’t get to a P.X. to buy her a gift. If you have time, it would be nice to send her something from “us.”
Sometime in his career every G.I. sends home to his sweetheart a plan for their dream home. It is a warming thing to do. It is possible that, being a teacher’s family, our home will not be permanently located very soon, so we might not get a chance to build a dream home early in our career. Having ideas tho makes it easier to approximate what we want, and who knows when we might actually be in a spot to build a home of our own? The funniest things can happen to people!
So, with that much introduction, let me present:
Preliminary Thoughts on Dream Home*
by RUSSELL
*Heavy debts go to several G.I. Dream Home ideas.
Fig. 1 – ground floor
That living room is the “piece de resistance.” The fireplace is a big one, and the steps down would be nice. The B[reakfast] nook would work, don’t you think? I don’t know whether the library is well placed or not. The glass porch would go good, and windows are sprinkled around where needed.
Fig. 2 – second floor
This is a balcony that overlooks the living room, making it a real high room.
The glass porch is on the second floor, also, one above the other – this may be screened in up here.
The study room is to work in when too much is going on in the library.
The absence of a bath room reflects my travels in France. Maybe the small bedroom would be better as a bath room.
I thought about a patio, but that would involve a completely different style house. I don’t know what style this house is. Could look pretty modern from the outside.
There is a “big picture,” Hon; furniture and other details will have to be worked out by better brains than mine. That is, if any better brains were interested in paying attention to it.
I love you from top to toe, Hon, and am much more interested in having one room and you than any mansion. A mansion added would be only a minor improvement.
All my love,
Wallace.
