Boxes Boxes Everywhere

I just addressed twenty-two flat rate priority boxes to send to Iraq. Twenty-two boxes take up more space than I had actually considered. But I found out that even though you have to fill out a custom form, since the FPO addresses all have zip codes, the post office treats them like domestic mail. I included a custom form with each box so people could fill them out and not get the post office and find out there that they had to (as I did. In fact, the next time I mailed something to Jason, I had forgotten about the customs forms and had to fill it out at the post office again. The forms are brain dead easy--my last one listed the contents as 'snacks and cookies'.)

I am feeling insufferably virtuous about all of this.

In other equally fun Marine news, I found out that Jason Campbell's nickname in his Recon unit is 'Scramble.' He says he was in class in training and he was falling asleep and the instructor said, "Campbell."

From behind him, an amused voice said thoughtfully, "Scramble." And he's been Scramble Campbell ever since.