Mail call
Scribbled down on February 22nd, 2009 by she
Posted in Those Who Volunteered
Argh! I had a complete post written on my iPhone and accidentally hit the cancel button instead of the save button. Here’s hoping I’m smarter and better co-ordinated the second time round.
Drew has written and asked that I pass the following message on to our friends and family who have been sending pacakged to him and the soldiers on his crew that he put up for “adoption”.
Do not send packages after March 15.
Anything sent after March 15 is not guaranteed to arrive in theatre before they come leave for home.
We’re told that the soldiers will be responsible for paying the commercial shipping charges from point of origin to return the packages to Canada if any arrive after the soldiers have been sent home. He’s also said that it would be international shipping charges as the packages will not be shipped back to Canada through Trenton.
I can’t speak for everyone but I know that Drew and I certainly can’t afford to pay shipping charges for packages returned to him from KAF with my impending job loss looming.
So, help me keep my peace of mind and don’t send any packages after March 15.
Also, if you haven’t yet received a letter from Drew or your adopted soldier, let me assure you that they certainly appreciate receiving your letters and packages these past few months. Mail call is the highlight of many people’s days and weeks while overseas. Everyone here has done a fabulous job of brightening their days.
Thank you.
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February 23rd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Rec’d card today, and sent 2 small boxes off today. Thanks Drew, we were really excited to get mail too. Any mail that doesn’t have a balance owing is greatly appreciated.
In one of the boxes sent today is a bottle of Jack Daniels flavoured pancake syrup. Yep, it’s actually pancake syrup. P slipped a couple of bottles of what he called ‘coffee flavouring’ in too. We’re hoping that since there are small bottles of bubbles in the boxes along with many other weird and wonderful things, that they won’t raise any suspicions. I know he was talking about this, but I didn’t think he would actually do it. The pkg’s were already in the mail by the time I knew about it. Let us know what happens.