And the first of it arrives!

HP asked, as the first contact he had with me after arriving, for me to send little american toys or stickers or something to use as prizes for the kids. Sure, I can do that. No big. My childhood dentist had a huge bucket of novelty toys in his office from one of the stores here in RI.

I wonder if Japanese high schoolers would be into dinosaurs or sticker tattoos...

But this morning, I woke up to this email in my inbox:

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From: [HP]

Subject: Know what would be really nice to have?

Message:

Ibuprofen.

Bring lots.

I forgot my deodorant, so I'm using the spray stuff.  It seems to be working okay, and even if you brought some, I'd still need to convert eventually.

But ibuprofen.  Please be bringing lots of that.

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Flat-rate shipping box, here I come.