There really wasn't much for me to do. Orders were for three months, so here wasn't much point in looking for a job, part or full time. Besides, I don't believe The Captain would have approved. Anyway, I did what little tidying up there was to do, then had time until he came home for lunch. I played solitaire and listened to Arthur Godfrey on the radio. Anybody remember the Old Redhead?
I remember that Godfrey talked a lot about his airplane and about the Teterboro airport where he kept his plane. I think I started dreaming of learning to fly about that time.
So Hubby comes home for lunch, and after, I do some more tidying up and begin to plan for dinner. Now, my husband was a hearty trencherman, so I needed to have a real meal ready for him. No tuna sandwich and a salad. Actually, I pretty much cooked what he brought home. He did the grocery shopping at the commisary on base.
During the war, my husband was in Army Intelligence (is that an oxymoron?). His specialty was deciphering aerial photography. He taught me some tips on aerial photography and was so proud of me when I could identify buildings and railyards, and other things. He was also an Intelligence courier in Europe toward the end of the war. However, this was peacetime, so I can only speculate on what his duties may have been at Ft Sill. He didn't talk about his work.
We went out a few times to dinner at the O Club, but mostly we stayed in. The weather wasn't conducive to evening strolls. Husband did take the clothes to the laundromat (bless him!), and my days were spent in a pretty leisurely fashion. Having only one car, it wasn't all that easy for me to get out, anyway. Weekly bridge game. Sometimes husband would come home and drive me to the O Club, or sometimes the Colonel's lady (and she was a lady in the finest sense) would pick me up, and husband would bring me home.
I don't remember much else about Lawton, and what I did with my days. But finally, the three month TDY was about to end and no further orders in sight. So we drove up to Oklahoma City one day to find out what was holding up further orders. I waited in the car and observed the women passing by. I never saw so many old looking young women. The wind blows constantly there, and the women were really weatherbeaten looking. I must say, though, that they were smartly dressed.
Eventually orders came through to go to Ft Bliss in El Paso, TX. So that's the end of my saga for today. Tomorrow, the trip to El Paso.
Shalom.