u/Accotinked

I'm going out of town for just 3 days but there are wedding festivities involved and I'm a bit stressed with gathering things I never use like makeup and jewelry and tiny little purses. AAAAAAGH

u/AntoineNara, thank you for the traveling card. My stickers are too big. Don't worry, I'll figure something out though it may involve decapitation. I love the croissant stamp you used!

u/medjuli, thank you for the postcard from Madeira which I really enjoyed reading. Your description of the runway made this nervous flyer tense a bit, but I never hear of accidents from there so I guess the pilots have it down. Madeira sounds very enchanting, and you're having such a great time I'm happy for you but a little envious too 😄

u/mooshu492, thank you for answering my prompt and thanks for the shiny postcard with the Hippy-era vibe. Flower power! I really like this one. Cool stamps, too.

u/MurdocniccalshasT1D, thank you for the traveling card. Your envelope decoration is fabulous. I'll have this in the mail to a new recipient tomorrow.

u/Pupslace, thank you for the dinosaur card and matching stamps. I have always been fascinated by dinos and wish I could see the Eccles Dinosaur Park.

u/Sergeant_Bean45, thanks for the 'Skeeter Shootin' Yooper Games card. My grandfather was a Yooper. Born in Champion, buried in Champion.

u/Tasty_University_172, thank you for the "Never Enough" card that I had to read in the mirror. Very clever! Never enough postcards, never enough stamps, never enough money, never enough space in my head. Yes, it fits me!

u/TyeDyeAmish, thanks for the postcard of the Eiffel Tower. I'd like to see France, too. But only after I see Germany (Postcrossing influence).

u/Weary_Smile_6498, Thanks for the traveling postcard and the nice note you included. I'm with you, the weather has been oppressive and I'm waiting for a crisp night and a dog walk that doesn't nearly give my poor boy heat stroke (even 76° at 11pm is too hot for him).

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This is the part that nobody reads so I thought I'd babble about how busy I've suddenly become getting prepared for a relative's 3-day wedding extravaganza. These thank yous will be a bit clipped because the main thing on my mind is finding an appropriate lipstick. I own a little makeup but I don't usually wear it because I'm not a makeup person. I'm not a dress-up person either (I sold my one dress on eBay before this event was on the horizon). There's no way to dress up the social anxiety except with the largely ineffective propranolol my doctor gave me. Being older makes my anxiety worse because I should have developed some poise by now. Somehow it didn't happen. My boyfriend's ex will be there, which is a good thing. She hated me for a while but lately she's been really warm. She's bubbly and talkative and says anything on her mind, so since I'm at a table with her I'm hoping she'll dominate the conversation. Wish me luck getting way out of my comfort zone!

u/ArmyofDucks94, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy coloring the card. The result is nice and bright. I don't like coloring cards or books or anything of that nature. I very simple pattern on 2x2" paper done with colored pencils might work for me, though. Did you know colored pencils last 40 years? Mine were a gift when I was a kid. Thanks for your effort and thanks for being honest about how you felt about it!

u/ashergal13_, thank you for the beautiful Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan, postcard. I appreciate that it's a meaningful place for you. My maternal grandparents grew up in Michigan (Champion and Ann Arbor) and their children went to college in that state, so I always like getting cards from there.

u/chiquita61, thanks for the Meta Challenge destash card. My feelings about clowns are neutral, but this one is kind of cute and definitely cheery. If you don't like clowns at all, I'm probably a better home for this one.

u/nottheonly85, thanks for passing on the add-a-line poetry TPC. I appreciate you putting "TPC" on the outside so knew to open it quickly. This is going to be a long poem!

u/rare_cranberry_7861, thanks for the patterned postcard. It has a 70s vibe, like tiles behind a brown oven. I'm sorry you're feeling fatigue. Sucks, doesn't it? I've been experimenting with my old psych medications and found a combo that will work in the short term to keep me awake for a family dinner, rehearsal dinner, and wedding. My doctor's gonna be unhappy because there are two I'm not supposed to take together. I'll write to you!

u/TheCuriousCur, Thanks for the possessed cat card. It gave me a laugh. Unicorns— you've got to watch out for their mind control. I agree with you that this summer has been way too hot and humid. The dewpoint was 74° overnight here which gave the night air a sticky thickness. I too am looking forward to fall.

u/turnerd10, thanks for the Happy Summer card. Oh, how I wish I could be at the ocean, wading in the surf and feeling the breeze on my wet legs. Thank you also for the contrasting desert sticker. I don't want to be in the desert in daylight, but I'd love to be there at night, stargazing.

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u/BubblySunflowers, thank you for the big bear of a dog on a postcard! I'm surprised he fit. As you answered my prompt about NYC, I'll give you my response. Yes, I would take the opportunity to leave Smalltown and move to the Big Apple forever, but only if I could have a house with a fenced-in yard for my dog. I'm thinking Queens. This may say more about Smalltown than New York, but I feel like I ended up where I am by accident.

u/ljsweenes, thank you for the Oregon Coast postcard. It's beautiful. I've never been there but I have been to the Washington coast. When I was in 8th grade I went on a 3-day beach hike arranged by my school. I had rental boots from REI and they gave me such blisters! I went back with my stepdad and brother just for one day several years later and that was much more pleasant.

u/mooshu492, thank you for passing on the "Around the World" TPC. I will say an incantation that the 4th person to take it won't be from the same US state as contributors 1-3. You did a nice job of decorating the envelope and I appreciate the stamp math.

u/Ravenzsnow, thank you for everything Happy Mail! The Smoky Mountains postcard and matching stamp. The beautifully decorated envelope and stamp math. Love your washi! Most of all, thank you for drawing me a contented napping cat on a tasseled pillow. I'll try to get some rest so that I can keep up with my outgoing mail!

u/Snootsbooper, Thank you for the majestic Bald Eagle with the word stickers. You made a good call; it does feel right. My favorite line is "Sorry, I have been used to the things which I'm not supposed to," which is an apt description of my life.

u/Stephaniehong, thanks for the stunning New Yorker magazine card. I used to work in a library where we got the New Yorker and my boss was supposed to see it first but I did receiving and I passed many a paid hour browsing the contents in my quiet office. I think I would love to live in NYC if my financial situation were different. Or at least live there a couple of years until I got sick of summer crowds.

Thanks for the baseball collision postcard and the picture of the adorable dog who I instantly love. Baseball has a lot of slow times, it's true. While I'm waiting for tension to build I do other things like play with my pup, eat dinner and text my sister. For instance, I'm thanking you now while the Reds battle the White Sox.

Someone on Postcrossing requested "your country's weirdest stamps" on their postcard. Of course it's a request, not a demand, but it left me wondering, which U.S. stamps would be considered weird? The deluxe burger 🍔 stamp from the recent Ralph Lauren Sheet is all I can come up with. Do any of my fellow Americans have a stamp they think is weird?

u/awachob, thank you for the Animal Crossing card and stickers. I've played the game a little but my sister has played it over and over for the last 100 years or more. Looking at the card makes me feel like I'm sitting next to her. As we live on opposite coasts I don't get to sit next to her very often. I'm going to put the stickers on her birthday card. The image on the back of the card is interesting and I didn't notice it right away, but when I did it sure caught my attention!

u/credo99, thank you for the postcard of a Korean courtyard. Love the stamp! I hope your hand has recovered from writing so many postcards. I know what you mean. I always want to write more than my fingers can handle, but then I never learned to hold a pen correctly. My mother warned me! I hope your trip to Korea was everything you wanted it to be.

u/NeurospicyxEnby, thank you so much for the Disability Pride Month card and so many stickers! I tell myself, if I'm able to write cards and thank yous, and take my dog for walks, I'm doing okay. I'm grateful to President Eisenhower for establishing SSDI so that I can solely focus on managing my health. I hope you're doing well, too.

u/terrorcatmom, thank you for the adorable tiny envelope that I can't believe made it to me all the way from another country. I love your mini-story. I can picture the blue water and the metal sparkles of the jewelry. Do you still swim? There's no public pool in my town but my brother a few states away has his own. Visiting him in the summer is the only chance I get to go for a dip.

u/TheCuriousCur, thank you for the Smokey the Bear card, and the matching stamp which is a nice touch. The green handstamp, too, is lovely. And friendly, the way he's waving. As wildfires burn in Spokane, my sister in Seattle can smell them. My mom, who is 80, can't. There's one advantage to being elderly. I won't go on any longer because I have a return card for you.

u/TyeDyeAmish, thank you for the windmill postcard and for describing where you live. Is it a good place to walk dogs after midnight? Where I live it's a little creepy but most men give my 100-lb dog a wide berth. Except for W., who followed us home for dinner. Now that's a story not to tell mom.

u/Boomerang88, thank you for the offbeat postcard of the dog with a drink and a bowtie. Was that you that weekend? I hope you had a nice dinner. Be flattered that you were carded! A while ago the stores in the U.S. (or maybe just my state) started carding every single person buying wine, cigarettes, Sudafed or cough medicine so it stopped being flattering and is just annoying. They even scan the barcode on the back of the ID to make sure it's legit. Interestingly, they don't card for nicotine gum.

u/freyamour, thanks for the list of things to do when my baseball team doesn't make the playoffs. Fortunately I have backup teams from having lived in different cities and being influenced by my stepfather. I've never been to California but his team was the Dodgers and as a little kid they were my favorite, too. They're sure to make the playoffs but if they get knocked out early I'll follow your suggestions.