Grandma's chex mix

I've gotten a fair number of care packages here and, as much as I like mashed potato packets, m&ms and computer games, this might have been the best one.  I had just finished a weekend in Ouagadougou doing a planning weekend for a student science camp and my mid service conference.  Halfway through service we all go to the capital to get a battery of medical and dental exams.  I got to poop in a nice tupperware container, but let's not get too much into that.  By the way, all my medical stuff went great and I got a new filling in a molar.  I know, riveting.

So I get back to Bobo-dioulasso July 13ish to relax a little before starting the leadership camp in Banfora and there it is, waiting for me at the post office:

A gigantic tupperware container of grandma's chex mix (we call it snax) was waiting for me.  Still fresh after like 2 months in the mail.  

So I take 2 days, an air conditioned room (one of the few available) and my computer.  I sit there for the majority of 48 hours and I eat snax and I watch movies.  It was a nice little break, but that's not all.

How many parents are always complaining about kids getting presents and just playing with the boxes?  As much fun as I had eating the snax, I didn't realize until I had spent a bit of time in BF that this kind of tupperware container is worth it's weight in diamonds.  So many things can stay fresh now.