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Evelyn Burton letters to Carroll Steinbeck, November-December 1945

1945-12-13 Evelyn Burton to Carroll Steinbeck Page 2

love to go on a sleigh ride now. Is really swell. Today Ruthie & I went downtown. Crowd was so big we practically got trampled. Reason I wanted to go down was to pick up the cablegram. Could hardly wait to get my hands on it. I read it & read it & love it more & more.
We weren't so busy today in surgery so we cleaned the place. Seems to be a lull now [with] everyone considering the holidays. Not that we mind one bit. But I really like working there. Will be till first of the year & then they want me to go on nites. Good job it would be but a hard one.
Kids are playing cards & some arguing. We built a fire in fireplace cuz it was so cold in here. Got my Xmas cards to address. Will be glad to have it done. Got one from [Dietz?] -- a gal that was in my class & she was congratulating us on the wonderful news. They can't imagine just how happy I am. There aren't words to fully ex-

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love to go on a sleigh ride now. Is really swell. Today Ruthie & I went downtown. Crowd was so big we practically got trampled. Reason I wanted to go down was to pick up the cablegram. Could hardly wait to get my hands on it. I read it & read it & love it more & more. We weren't so busy today in surgery so we cleaned the place. Seems to be a lull now [with] everyone considering the holidays. Not that we mind one bit. But I really like working there. Will be till first of the year & then they want me to go on nites. Good job it would be but a hard one. Kids are playing cards & some arguing. We built a fire in fireplace cuz it was so cold in here. Got my Xmas cards to address. Will be glad to have it done. Got one from [Dietz?] -- a gal that was in my class & she was congratulating us on the wonderful news. They can't imagine just how happy I am. There aren't words to fully ex-