Why I Haven't Been Mailing Stuff

C. Pohl, I still need your mailing address. Soon, please.


Just in case any winners of recent give-aways are wondering, I haven't mailed out anything yet. Nothing. Nada. I determined that I would cut way, way back on the trips to the PO. I hate going so much, and it takes so much time, esp. this time of year. And it's filled with people snorking and sneezing, the kind where people don't even pretend to cover their noses and mouths. You know you and I are too busy to have time to get sick from the germs they're spreading on every surface.


So I said to myself, "Self, let's wait until we have everyone's addresses and have everything ready to go, and then we can make one large trip. Isn't that a great idea, Self? If we're really lucky, maybe The EGE will have a day off and will volunteer to do it for us!" (He doesn't mind going because he always sees people he knows and gets to visit.) Great idea! 


Well, we thought so. Alas, it's taking forever. I'd get a batch together but then would be waiting to get an address from one last person, and then, by that time, it was time for another give-away and time to collect more addresses, and by the time I got those, well. And he never has a day off from subbing because teachers call him ALL the time, even when we're out of town. We're in New Orleans, and teachers are calling early in the morning, wanting him to fill in for them.


So now I'm waiting on just the one, but by then, it will be time to wrap and mail an out-of-town gift, so--


Well, honestly, who knows when things will get mailed? I'm sorry, but what's the point of my always being on time with things when no one else worries about it? Being prompt in a non-prompt world is to trot down the path to the land of teeth-gnashing and hair-pulling, and there's way, way too much fun stuff to do to keep visiting that world. It makes me a tiny bit crazy.


So everything will go out when it goes out. Sorry you're having to wait, esp. those of you who so very promptly sent me your addresses. In 2011, I'm going to figure out another way to do this. When my publishers send me things to give away, there's going to be a way to do it that doesn't just irritate the fire out of me. I love sharing, I really do. But, man!


OK, no more whining. Time to go sew. Just wanted to let you know why things aren't arriving in your mail boxes as quickly as I'd hoped.