I said, “BRR, IT’S COLD IN HERE!”
…”There must be some Toros in the atmosphere!!” Anyone, anyone?
Well, the people up north are going to laugh, but it’s 27 degrees outside right now and they have closed school. All you Colorado-ans that just endured the Huge snowstorm, stop chuckling. It’s raining and sleeting and it looks like there’s some snow on the ground, but I’ve been told that’s just more sleet… so Bryan and College Station schools are closed, as well as A&M and Blinn. My aerobics classes have been cancelled until further notice, and we’re staying inside and drinking hot chocolate. It’s nice though, because I’m getting some stuff done for MOPS and tying up some loose ends, without having to worry about rushing to the store or doing other errands.
Speaking of other errands, listen to my story about going to the Post Office yesterday. This is an email I wrote to my college roommate Bonnie, who lives in Germany with her husband. I haven’t sent her Christmas card to her because I don’t have a stamp! Read:
I never go to the Post Office, and when I do, I go by myself. It’s difficult lugging Colby in and out, and then waiting in line is atrocious. And, if I take him in the stroller, the handicapped doors don’t work properly so I can’t get in without lots of maneuvering.. a little difficult in my 7th month of pregnancy! 
Oh, and actually, I went today, despite it being 30 degrees outside (I know that’s not very cold, but empathize with me anyway.) and freezing raining. I left Colby in the car because he said, “Brr… wainin, Mama.” So I ran into the Post Office (Yes, I really did run. It was cold.) and then I remembered today was Martin Luther King day. No big deal though, because I could buy stamps at the APC!, as they advertise on tv all the time, the Automated Postal Center. It’s like the self-checkout lines at the grocery store; you don’t have to wait in line! Unless someone’s there in front of you? Anyway, so I wait until this girl in front of me has mailed her E-Bay package, I think, and then I look at all my options. No international stamps. I know they cost 80 cents. I just can’t find them. So I go to the stamp vending machines. No international stamps. Drat. I really will have to wait in line now. All for one lousy letter to go to stinkin’ Germany for my stinkin’ old college roommate. The things we do for love. 
Oh, and one more interesting tidbit - they’ve closed down EVERYTHING tomorrow… A&M, Blinn, Bryan & College Station are closed! I don’t think they’ve closed the post office, but I’m Not going to try my luck in the rain again!
Anyway, I wanted you to know that your card is on its way, whenever it stops raining/Texas snowing outside and the roads clear up and I can get a stamp and wait a few weeks for your picture card to travel overseas. It’s not even going to be that exciting when it gets there. You’ll probably say, “Oh, that’s nice.” and stuff it in a drawer somewhere. Until next Christmas. Maybe this year I’ll send your card on Thanksgiving, so that I can make sure it gets to Germany-land by Christmas. Maybe.
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