Not five minutes ago, I walked into the front door of my grandmother's house after walking up to the local post office where Grandma works and mailing two letters. This shouldn't be out-of-the-norm and yet, for me, it is.

With things like facebook, texting, phones, e-mail and instant messenger, there are so many ways to instantly communicate with a person even if they're half way across the world. Because of these "conveinences" I find myself never sending, recieving or even thinking about "snail mail" (as I enjoy calling it).

Because of this I'm not quite sure where I got the idea but a few weeks ago I decided I'd be sending Jordan a couple nerdy postcards while away on vacation. Maybe it was because my grandma works at the post office or maybe it was because I've never had an excuse to buy a postcard before even though they're such typical vacation souvenirs. I was satisfied with the postcards I found at a gas station in onawa and even found a very funny card that made me think of Brittany so I just HAD to get it and send it to her.

The unfortunate part is that, being a girl, I tend to be a bit long-winded at times and I knew there was no way I was going to write a satisfactory letter or note small enough to fit in that tiny space. With Brittany's this wasn't a problem because hers was a greeting card so I had plenty of room but for Jordan I decided to just write a letter and send the postcard along with it.

What I've discovered from this experience is that it's extremely satisfying to sit down and write a person a letter. The fact that I rerely ever do it almost makes this experience a novelty. It was kind of fun and I'm anticipating the reply I may recieve. On top of that, neither Brittany or Jordan are expecting to be recieving letters from me via the U.S. Postal Service so maybe that'll be a nice change of pace for them.

I encourage you to write letters while you're on vacation too - send friends nerdy postcards or four-page letters describing your vacation in detail. Even if it's only once it'll be a nice change of pace. Just be sure you know your friends' addresses (if not, phonebooks are GREAT, lol)

What are your thoughts on this?

P.S. Don't tell Brittany or Jordan that they're expecting mail. Thanks