care package how tos!

Hi everyone!

Some very nice people have inquired about sending me care packages. If anyone would like to (no pressure), here are some tips:

• Use a padded envelope, not a box. Envelopes are apparently less likely to be stolen.
  
  
• Do not send anything too expensive, because the Dominican mail system is pretty unreliable and it could get lost.
  
• On the customs form, delcare it as a gift with a value of $0.
  
• Don't send anything via FedEx or DHL because I will have to pay an outrageous amount of tax on it.
  
• Some things that I like and are hard to get here: chocolate (especially dark chocolate! or chocolate-peanut butter anything), other American candy (I especially like Mike & Ikes and Jelly Bellies), granola bars, dried fruit/fruit leather, almonds or other non-peanut nuts, soy nuts, Gatorade mix, lip balm, lotion, art/craft supplies (colored pens, construction paper, lanyard string, etc), mini-packets of Kleenex, unscented Playtex tampons, pictures of Zac Efron, other trashy celebrity gossip items, boxes of non-perishable, non-microwaveable vegetarian food (Annie's pasta, Tasty Bite Indian dinners, some of the Thai Kitchen dinners, etc.), burned CDs or DVDs of movies or TV shows, and the like. Of course, I´ll take whatever you want to send :)
  
• Muchas gracias, amigos! Oh, and my address is posted here.