Oh, I'm so relieved that I'm not the only one who is still mailing packages. Mine should absolutely be in the mail by Monday, but if Snooty Post Office Lady is right, it may not make it in time. (Although last year, mine made it very far away in less time than I thought it would take.)
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2005: the Year of the Penguin
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2005? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Lilty Cash - Dec 17, 2005 5:23:13 am PST #82 of 506
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
beth b - Dec 17, 2005 9:16:20 am PST #83 of 506
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Acc'ing to the post office website - the 21st is still good for priority mail.
libkitty - Dec 17, 2005 9:31:10 am PST #84 of 506
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
the 21st is still good for priority mail.
Whew. I wonder if that counts for Alaska.
SailAweigh - Dec 17, 2005 6:36:08 pm PST #85 of 506
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm counting on the goodwill of the post orifice in being timely since I have yet to even shop for my giftee. I think I will have to do that tomorrow. Along with wrapping other gifts, finishing up two blankets, finishing my dad's scrapbook, and picking up two last minute Christmas presents. Ugh.
beth b - Dec 18, 2005 7:14:07 pm PST #86 of 506
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
did much bakeing today - that feels like christmas.
finished wrapping my folks presents - and happily, they fit in a box that mom sent.
I just have to finish gathering my S.S. present. Which feels less like an obligation, because I chose it and if I don't want to do it again I don't have to it. Somehow it feels like more fun.
SuziQ - Dec 19, 2005 4:47:13 am PST #87 of 506
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have put together my seekrit santa package and handed it off to DH to put in the mail for me today. Let's see if that actually happens.
Oh, heck. I just realized I didn't put the card in that revealed who I am...blarg. There is something in there that does have my name, but dag nabbit.
Seekrit santee recipient - I promise to reveal myself here if you don't figure it out from the pitiful clue that is in the package. I'm a DORK.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 19, 2005 5:51:53 am PST #88 of 506
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Are we supposed to reveal who we are as Secret Santas? I purposefully obscured mailing clues on the package I sent to make guessing my identity harder...
DebetEsse - Dec 19, 2005 5:56:16 am PST #89 of 506
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It varies. Some people reveal, others obscure, and some (rather like Cinderella in Into the Woods ) do neither, mailing from their local post office, but not signing their name.
Trudy Booth - Dec 19, 2005 6:05:08 am PST #90 of 506
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I just received what promises to be a delightfully boozy fruit cake from Anne W!!!!!
This is not a secret at all, but it IS Santa so I felt this was the place to THANK HER THANK HER THANK HER.
So, do I a) open it at the office, b) open it christmas eve with my family, or c) keep the whole darn thing for myself?
Please note: the package is lovely (white paper, family o' snowpeople, big red bow) and I can smell the rum through the wrapping.
Steph L. - Dec 19, 2005 6:08:26 am PST #91 of 506
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Right on! I just got the last thing I was waiting on for my Santee. If I had planned ahead, I would have brought the box of other stuff to work, and I could mail it out today.
Alas, I am a baaaaad planner. But I'll mail it out tomorrow. Or maybe after work, b/c I know the main post office is open until 9 or 10 p.m.