Today is the last day of National Postcard Week (NPCW) {May 6-12, 2012}. I had considered making my own postcards to send out. There is a group online that each member designs a postcard for this week (with the words National Postcard Week and the dates) and swaps with the other members. Sounds cool to me. But I didn't have enough time to design something and get a bunch printed / copied. Maybe next year. Instead I sent out store-bought postcards (various ones) to some family, for some swaps on swap-bot.com, and through PostCrossing.com. I sent out 17 postcards to 12 different countries and 4 USA states. Not bad for deciding to participate on Friday (and with the current postage rates)!
Today is also the USPS Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food drive. So I have many postcards for the mail carrier to pick up along with a bag of non-perishable foods for the food pantry. Our mail gets delivered quite late in the day (anywhere between 4:30pm and 6:00pm). If he has lots of food donations, I expect him to be even later today. It's tough to be an impatient person waiting for real mail when it really feels like SNAIL mail some days. ;)
