Care Package!

Last week I got the best surprise in the entire world! A carepackage from my parents! It was absolutely wonderful. It had cookies, two pairs of jeans, a pair of sweatpants, mike and ikes, twizlers, and scotcheroos or special k bars as others like to call them. It was a great day booster! The best part was everything smelled like my house... which you may not know, but is amazing when you have been away from home for a long time.

I shared the mike and ikes with my COPA friends in the COPA office. They were addicting and we had them gone by the end of the day! We all decided that the red mike and ikes were the best... go ahead and debate me on that, I know I will win! :)

The special k bars were a hit at home with the family, but I kept most of them for myself because I love them so much! Jaimito, the 8 year host brother, loved the cookies and every day he would ask me for una gailleta (cookie) until they were both gone. Everyone also tried the twizlers, which they had never had before (they being my host family). They enjoyed them and again, Jaimito wanted another.

The jeans have been a huge saver. I brought quite a few pairs of shorts, but I didn't expect it would be so cold, so now that I have 4 pairs of jeans, I feel much more clean, since I can switch them out more often. :) The sweatpants also help a lot especially during the cold nights! burrr.... My mom made the joke recently that "what did I expect I was going to Chilly....!" What a clown. It is pretty true though, it is very cold.

The address to send care packages is on the right hand bar at the bottom, if you scroll down you will see it. My parents sent a rather large package which cost 60 dollars, which was worth it considering the jeans were in inside. However, if you want to write a letter, that would be much appreciated and wouldn't hurt your pocket book to much. If you are intent on sending a package, I highly suggest a bubble mailer with small things in it because a full bubble mailer will cost about 10 bucks... according to my COPA friends. Otherwise, keep reading the blogs, comments are always appreciated, or you can e-mail me at matthewjeldred@yahoo.com. I try to respond back as quickly as possible because I love hearing from people!

Today, Saturday the 23 is the 1st Month Anniversary of being part of the COPA program here in Santiago. On the 5th of September, it will be the 2 Month Anniversary of being in South America... time has already flown by! It is a little sad though to see facebook statuses saying that people are returning to St. Thomas. I love being here, but there is something about St. Paul and St. Thomas that just makes me so happy... especially in the fall. Enjoy it for me if you are returning there... I am quite jealous, just like I will enjoy the 80 degree weather in November and December while the blizzards are going on up there! :) BTW, I bought a new pair of sunglasses today that were 4 bucks and they are white. I think they look pretty cool. When I get a picture of me with them on, I will add it to flickr!

If you haven't checked out the pictures yet, check out the flickr blog from August and it will give you the link to the pictures. They really are fun to look at. You can also comment on the pictures on that site if you wish!