Last week I had to go to the post office to mail my post cards for the Bloggers Postcards from Around the World (BPW) event. The line for service stretched out the door. There are about seven or eight windows but only three were open with postal clerks, who attended the needs of the customers.

In order to save time, I tried to buy stamps from the stamp machine, but some kind of malfunction prevented it from accepting my money. So I had to get back on the long line. Lucky for me, I had my CD player (no I don’t have an iPod. Yet.) to distract me and help block out the noise of the man grumbling behind me about the bad postal service and how everyone was dumb.

Listening to my music, I was also able to block out an argument going on between the same man and a woman about who got on the line first.

You can see that I had my camera, too. My favorite photo is of the older lady in the third photo. She had about 20 white, large invitation-sized envelopes in her hand. Before depositing them into the mailbox slot, she inspected each envelope very slowly. Her careful actions made me wonder what type of news she mailed out. Obviously, something very important to her.

I finally made it to the front of the line, bought my stamps, and mailed off my cards. Yay!

Have a great week, everyone!

Best,
Paz