I love the post office

I love the post office. I don't know why. I just feel hugely interested in all the things they have to offer. It's amazing. Big padded envelopes and tape, special forms to fill out for mailing certain things to certain places. There are all kinds of stamps with little pictures and they're self-stick. What a great invention. Self-stick. I love stickers. 

Remember scratch-n-sniff stickers? My favorite stickers, in my sticker book (a must-have in 1982) were Dill Pickle, Gasoline, Bubble Gum, Skunk, Lilac. 

Anyway, the post office has so many interesting little processes and procedures. I always feel so satisfied when I buy a stamp. Pens that are attached to the counter with a ball chain, USPS tape, they even do passport stuff there. They weigh things and then print out perfect little stickers and slap it onto the packages. It looks so fun. Fun. 

Fun like I used to think it would be to be a librarian. In elementary school the librarian would open each book, take the card out, stamp the date, put the card back, flip the book closed. Such a neat, tidy little procedure. Now they scan books. Not as much fun. 

I would like to work at the post office some day. I hope I don't go postal. That could ruin my perception of the post office. 

It's only 42 cents to mail a letter down the hall or across the country. Pretty impressive. I should mail letters to all of my floor neighbors. They would be pleased.