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John N. Calhoun family letters, August 1941-February 1946
1941-09-06 Page 3
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Gosh, honey, it has certainly been a long, lonesome day - don't feel like doing anything and nothing much to do. Well, I just put my name in for discharge on the grounds of being 28 - of dependency and of hardship so I suppose I'll be getting out of here pretty soon. I just doubt I'll be able to make $160.00 net on the outside, but you have a right to help me decide what I should do and your vote is for me to get out and I'll do it. Perhaps I'll regret it but you didn't want to go to Keosauqua and I made you do it. Then you didn't want to go to Burlington and I made you do it and so this time I'm going to do what you want me to do. Am I right or wrong? Seems pretty hard to decide, doesn't it? Maybe I'll be home before winter starts. That would be ok. I surely hope I can build up a good practice. But I rather think I'll get an office where I will have more room. But can decide that when the time comes. I had a letter from Max wanting to know if I would run for County Attorney. Of course I cant decide that UNTIL I get out otherwise I might not be able to get out. This is a rather gloomy letter, isn't it? But it seems like I can't write all cheerful ones and
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Gosh, honey, it has certainly been a long, lonesome day - don't feel like doing anything and nothing much to do. Well, I just put my name in for discharge on the grounds of being 28 - of dependency and of hardship so I suppose I'll be getting out of here pretty soon. I just doubt I'll be able to make $160.00 net on the outside, but you have a right to help me decide what I should do and your vote is for me to get out and I'll do it. Perhaps I'll regret it but you didn't want to go to Keosauqua and I made you do it. Then you didn't want to go to Burlington and I made you do it and so this time I'm going to do what you want me to do. Am I right or wrong? Seems pretty hard to decide, doesn't it? Maybe I'll be home before winter starts. That would be ok. I surely hope I can build up a good practice. But I rather think I'll get an office where I will have more room. But can decide that when the time comes. I had a letter from Max wanting to know if I would run for County Attorney. Of course I cant decide that UNTIL I get out otherwise I might not be able to get out. This is a rather gloomy letter, isn't it? But it seems like I can't write all cheerful ones and
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