tied up with string No.1

My boy has gone away for nine months. That roughly works out to be about 38 weeks or 274 days with a  whole lot of hours and minutes thrown in for fun too. He has been deployed to Afghanistan and whilst I know that it is not forever and that it's his job which he is 100% committed to, I am selfish and wish I could have him here with me, he is rather perfect. However the thought of using my bright orange typewriter and being able to send off brown wrapped parcels tied up with string is rather exciting and makes it slightly better.