This morning Dear Husband helped me to take eight boxes to the Post Office to be sent off to our troops in Iraq. It’s quite an experience to do this for the first time. One of the ladies in our exercise class spearheaded this effort last year, when her son was stationed overseas. She took six or eight boxes to the Post Office and discovered that she would have to open and list their contents, the weight of the items, and the value, on a customs form, before they could be sent.
\nNeedless to say, she guided us in the preparations this year, and we met after class to begin the work. I even remembered to bring my kitchen scale! We were very short on time that day, so I volunteered to finish the boxes in my car, and get them to the post office. Remember, I said I was short on sleep? (See the next entry) I was up until 1:00 doing the customs forms.
\nI finished addressing the customs forms this morning, and we headed out. I thought I had all the boxes checked, and everything was ready to go, when the clerk asked me where I wanted to put the addresses on the box. Rather than hold up her work on weighing the boxes and getting the customs sheets set up, I used labels the clerk provided, and wrote all the Sender and Recipient information once again, for the eight boxes. I can tell you I was really happy to see this project to it’s finish.
\nWe hope these boxes arrive before Valentine’s Day. We thought it might perk up some of the troops, and ease their days. At least they’ll know that someone from home cares about them.
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This morning Dear Husband helped me to take eight boxes to the Post Office to be sent off to our troops in Iraq. It’s quite an experience to do this for the first time. One of the ladies in our … Continue reading