The Girl Scouts in Charlottesville (about 75 minutes west of me) organized “Operation Cookie” to send one box of cookies to each soldier in my unit in Iraq. They blew through the original goal of 700 boxes and may have even doubled it! Anyway, they had a packing and shipping party last night, and I was invited as a soldier just back from Iraq and as public affairs officer of my unit.

The Charlottesville TV station interviewed me, and I’ve seen the story on the web site. I haven’t yet had the nerve to look at the video, though.