Update and Care Package ideas

I cannot believe that I haven't written in something like four days. I'm sure that does just wonders for my scant readership :) It's been really hectic here, I'm preparing for a big conference, my colleague in the public affairs office is out of town so I'm doing double time, and on top of that I'm throwing a party for a friend who has been in Iraq for over 1,000 days. The party is on Friday and will happen in conjunction with Cinco de Mayo, I even got the Baghdaddies to play (the IZ cover band).

Lately I have been getting a lot of email requests for care package ideas again. I emailed some of you back, but someone mentioned that she hadn't seen anything on the blog recently, so I suppose I'll mention some things here:

- Coffee beans (we have a grinder, we cannot get any good coffee here)
- Nuts and other healthy snacks
- pasta or other non-perishable food we can prepare for dinner parties
- oatmeal packets for breakfast (when we don't feel like cafeteria food)
- Ah, here's something - we're planning a Memorial Day bbq for our military friends, so if you plan on sending stuff this weekend, some decorations for MD would be great (plates, napkins, hats, banner - whatever can be used)
- As always, candy we can share with friends. Just note, it was 111 the other day, so if it's chocolate, wrap in plastic.

I that's all for now, I will write more soon.