I just mailed 37 pounds of books to myself for the low, low price of $14.
Woot woot.
It was kind of funny - I put my name and my parents' address as the mailing address, but when I got to the post office, they said that it had to have a return address. So I wrote my name and my current address as the return address.
I literally mailed the books to myself.
Ahhh!! I'm so excited to go to Korea!
Incidentally, no, I have not heard back from State regarding test results. But even if I pass the test, I'm really not banking on being hired as an FSO in the next year.
But, interestingly enough, I happen to live nextdoor to a couple who spent four years in Korea. They have a little girl that is a year younger than the little girl that I take care of, so we see each other at the bus stop almost every day. I've gotten to know the mom a little bit.
When I told her I was going to Korea, she told me that she had lived there for four years and she had plenty of books that I could borrow. She gave them to me at the bus stop last week.
Cool, right?
Between this Bag 'O Books and the Amazon shipment* I got this week, it's Book-a-Palooza at Chez Marianna. Maybe I'm getting old, but spending my Saturday reading books was fun (I also had a date - does that help my case?). I was so excited about all of the books, that I piled them up on my bed and took turns reading a couple chapters out of each of them.
In other news, remember the opossum that graced our garage last winter? He has been replaced.
Now, I don't know all of the specifics. It could be that he found greener pastures (darker garages?), or maybe there were roommate conflicts (roommates can be catty...) All I know is that I haven't seen the opossum since last winter, but there have recently been multiple sightings of a raccoon.
That's right, a raccoon.
I'm going to be honest, here, I don't feel that he's going to be a good roommate. He's clearly just after the food.
But whatever. It's not my decision.
At any rate, I've decided to call him Bandit - between those black eye masks he's always wearing and the fact that he's always sneaking food, I thought it was appropriate.
Staring contest, you and me, right now...
*"Realities of Foreign Service Life," Volumes 1 & 2; "Bush Hat, Black Tie"; "The Expert Expat"
