Kay yesterday

Kay must have "rebooted" herself yesterday because she about as normal as she can get.  Today she got up although she is moving around pretty slowly she is awake and seems to   think to her normal level.  I rushed and got her her breakfast as  I had prepared it when I got mine and had her sitting down to Milk toast with a poached egg on it.  If she eats it is something else however.  I suppose when it gets to the stage where she cant feed herself then it is an entirely new ball game.  However other things could cause dramatic changes before she gets to that stage I suppose.  Because just eating and swallowing could be impossible as I have seen in other people. 

On leave from either Ft Lewis or Ft. Sill, probably Ft. Lewis as the cap looks too new 

When I went overseas in WW2 she did some volunteering at the USO located in the downtown Young Women's Christian Association I think it was. She was a pretty good dancer.  Me?  I had two left feet.  I never in my whole life managed to learn to dance even though she begged me to learn.  Even though I played in dance orchestras many times. But at the USO she was sometimes pared with a good soldier or sailor on the dance floor and the other dancers would clear the floor to watch them dance.  I suppose it was Boogie Woogie dancing.  She told me this after the war when I came back.  She also knew the Hula.  Of course during the war and as Seattle was a major seaport it was crawling with servicemen looking for a place to have a good time.  I cant remember the name of the nightclub  on First Avenue close to the waterfront but the owner of the club approached her and offered her a job as performer in it.  it stayed open for some years after the war. Because of her upbringing as a good old fundamental Free Methodist, although she herself didn't particularly go along with their severe approach to fundamental Christianity, no doubt her upbringing influenced her not to accept the job but continue  to get along on the $80 dollars a month the government doled out.   She certainly could have used the money. 


I'll occasionally post some more memories of that period from time to time. 
Bill Sheldon June 17, 1920. April 4, 2001. Four years in the 3rd Infantry Division WW2 His story. Find it at Four years in the 3rd Inf in WW2
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