A year in Afghanistan: It's been a good couple of days for mail!

For the past 3 days I have received mail. This is a good thing! It's always better when I go to the mail room at mail time to find a package waiting for me. Sometimes the mail clerks get mad at me because I go and check everyday, but I don't care. I try to explain to them that it is perfectly normal to check for mail everyday, and that I still check my mailbox at home everyday even if I'm not expecting any mail. You never know what could show up! And I would hate to know that a package someone sent me sat an extra day in the mail room because I didn't go check! Although, that wouldn't really happen as they send out an email everyday with a list of those who receive mail. But I don't like to wait for the email...

Anyway, as I said, for the past 3 days I have received packages. The best kind of packages too. Packages from my family back at home! I got some snacks from Michael and Jody, a package of snacks, some more decorations, and knives from Parents, and a package with snacks and letters from the 1st graders at Michael's Aunt Cheryl's school.

The new decorations were a nice edition to my office. I now have the Longhorns, Paris, New Orleans, and New York City represented in my office. These are all of my favorite things, so it is way better looking at that than the ugly plywood walls that the decorations are covering. And I can't forget the cards and notes that everyone has sent, as they take up a good portion of one the walls as I like to hang them so I can look at them to remind me that everyone is thinking of me while I go through this experience.

Here are a few pictures...