12.22.2011

Day 15: Post office

I finally got up the courage to brave the post office to mail my letters and packages the other day.  Lawrence has only one post office.  And it is usually very busy.  I tried to mail things off last week, but the line was out the door and I didn't have enough time to wait. 

So I came back.  When I arrived, the line was only about 15 people long.  BUt within minutes, the line went out into the lobby and all the way to the back door.  Crazy! 

But I got to the front in only about 15 minutes.  My packages to Axel in Japan, and Hester in Switzerland, and family in Utah got mailed.  I got 4 of the last 8 remaining books of stamps for my letters and I could check the post office off my to do list.

And I have managed to get most of my cards mailed.  Usually I fail at the CHristmas cards by Christmas part.  And I think I still have a bunch of unmailed, but addressed and stamped, CHristmas cards from previous years somewhere in a pile of stuff.  Would it be strange to mail them now?  Maybe I will do it when I find them again:)

2 comments:

grannybabs said...

Every year I have a pile of stamped Christmas cards that didn't get mailed. I struggle through them during January and February - one year I went to July - but this year I'm not going to stamp them first - I have all these stamped, addressed old cards - they are 3 years old - it would be strange to mail them!!

I never do the lines - I use the machine. But if you have international mail, you have to do the lines.

Chelsea said...

I'm totally blog stalking you, Betsy! I hope that's okay!

Lawrence has a second post office across the street from Home Depot (behind TJMaxx/World Market) and then you can also mail from the grocery stores...I'm sure you've already discovered this, but I thought I'd share!

Love reading your blog and getting to 'know' you a bit more.

-Chelsea (alexander)