Familiar? I don't think I have ever sent you a package covered with yellow smiley face stickers before. I pride myself on each package being adorned differently from the last! Oh, familiar handwriting? familiar levels of excessive decoration? Oh... I see.

I was wondering when you would get it. They said 6-7 days. It has been a more than 6-7 days. But the next-slowest mode of postage was 4-6 weeks, by ship. Ha, ha, ha.

Did you notice that I had to declare, on a sticker affixed to the back of the package, exactly what was in there, and exactly how much it was worth? I was a little bummed out about having to do that. After all, when you get a package, it's exciting to figure out what's inside -- you don't want to be told on the outside! Also, I was a little sad to have to declare the value of a letter as 0. It makes sense economically, but I don't think the value is really zero. Oh, and after I left, I realized that I forgot to declare some of the things that were in there (I had about an inch to write down what, eight items?) and I was concerned that maybe that was why it was taking so long to get there, because they saw something in the package that I didn't declare. But perhaps not.

(2) It may have taken shorter than that and then sat in Janine's office.
(4) The first one took 12 days; the second took 10 days.

Why do you call the things I send from other countries "goodies"? That's what you called the contents of the package I sent you when I returned from Japan, if you recall, which you don't, but I do. Just wondering.

Maybe if you sent letters to more people, you would get more letters.

Am I supposed to announce receipt of letters, too? Becca sent me two letters! Maybe the next time I get one, I'll post the news. Post!