Care Package from Home

Hello Friends and Miscellaneous

I have the best brother in the whole world! First, he read my blog post about how messed up the whole calendar is over here. Second, he actually read the whole thing which is no small task. Third, he took what he learned from this post and applied it to a care package!!!!!! (Who doesn’t love getting mail?) Mike was in Damsca for a work thing (I assume because there was no letter attached) and went to the largest stationary store and apparently just went on a shopping spree.

So I’m trying something new that I saw another blogger do a few weeks ago. An unboxing post!

Without further ado-my care package.

It was very shiny. I had trouble taking a picture without my face in it because the two hundred layers of tape reflected the light from my desk lamp.

The first thing I see is a month’s worth of breakfast. Yum…health food… (*She thought to herself sarcastically.*)

Under that was the true health food! COFFEE!!!

And tropical trail mix. I can deal with that, tropical fruit is hard to come by because I don’t think the people are used to good flavored yet.

But as soon as you get past the health food, it was all chocolate truffles, stickers, page markers and more fun!

My favorite items were the blue notebook, the new fine liner pens, and  a blank calendar! You can see in the bottom picture that one of the sticker books (the one with the suns on it) is filled with numbers and day stickers so I can make a calendar that has Solíteir dates on it as well as global standard dates!

I attempted to take a picture of everything but this was my best shot. Damn it Mike, I’m a student not a photographer.

Thank you so much for the care package! It will make my school year far more fun and colorful since Solíteir doesn’t have much in the way of fun stationery supplies. They don’t even have much variety for Grumbling Journals. (The free journals that the temple give out are the kraft paper covered ones, and the only other ones I can find for sale are the black covered ones that make it look as though you are writing for a funeral.) So thank you Mike for bringing color to my cold dreary life. (That’s you cue to take pity on me and send me more packages.)

Also, strangers randomly reading this blog, take note of my post address. If you want to send me some creepy secret admirer stuff (preferably of the coffee, chocolate or stationary variety, though gold, diamonds and cold hard cash are also welcome) I will share another unboxing post!

I only have a few more days before school starts so I need to get a crack on decorating my new planner… I mean reviewing my class syllabuses… yeah, I can’t even lie to myself! It’s sticker party with Landon’s Balls, leftover pizza and flat cola. Good times.

Love and miss you all.

Inga