You will need: your box, the completed customs form, your beloved’s address, and packing tape. Personally, I’ve found that two strips of tape per box seam works best. Now we’re ready to head to the Post Office. Once you get to the Post Office, you will need to stand in the main line. While this…
1. Discover a fabulous show (preferably British) on Netflix. 2. Watch every episode of every season of said show on Netflix. 3. Order additional seasons from Amazon of every season of said show if not on Netflix. 4. Continue binging on additional seasons of said show. 5. Loaf about without a life purpose when done…
Token Brad Pitt reference. Now that we have our boxes and customs forms, we need to fill those care packages! Obviously, you want to fill up the box with stuff your solider likes, and you want that stuff to arrive still reasonably fresh and edible. Here’s a list of what you can and cannot send…
One of the biggest adjustments for me when I finished college was my living situation. I went from two years in a sorority house filled with my friends to living with my boyfriend and his brother. Gone were the days of eating two to three meals a day, going to socials and mixers, and hanging…
I’m going to do a series of posts on care packages. Feel free to leave comments about your own ideas and helpful tips! This deployment, I have a much better idea of how to prepare and mail care packages to Mac. My plan is to send at least one box a month. You can…
** I wrote this after Mac left but didn’t publish it right away because of obvious OPSEC reasons.** So Mac is on his way to deployment #2. I wish I could say that I was the stoic wife, used to her husband leaving for days, weeks, months at a time. But I’m not. Mac’s flight…