The Decision

So I ended up writing Christmas cards to the UK (my relatives) and the US (my friends) and not to local (not yet anyway and probably not at all unless I'm seeing them in person.)

And yes, I put them in a post box.  I'm not sure that was a great idea but it's the choice I made!

I also, the next day, addressed a card to myself and wrote the date inside and threw that in a box and I"m really genuinely curious when it will arrive (assuming it does!)

I wrote in all the cards that we have a postal strike and so I didn't know when it would arrive but happy 2025 if the holidays have already passed?

I feel badly for all who are being impacted by this strike and I still do miss checking for mail and I hope the workers get what they are needing.

By the way, I still find writing cards pretty stressful and not really all that enjoyable, and this year I had a really frustrating time because I had bought small, cute cards to send to the UK (where we say Happy Christmas rather than Merry Christmas so these cards said the former) and I bought this year's holiday stamps and I didn't look at the size of the stamp before I put the addresses on the cards and when I went to put the stamps on they COVERED MY ADDRESSES (well the last half of everyone's last name anyway) and it looked terrible and I tried writing on the stamp but that smudged and I got so upset I nearly threw them all away but each stamp was nearly $3 and that felt wasteful (although hopefully supportive of the flailing Canada Post in some way) so I re did two of them and before I could change my mind and throw them out, I put them all in a mail box and, well, we'll see what happens eh?

(I don't think it's going to resolve soon and not even sure if I will resolve before the new year at this point!)