With my four rolls of slides from yesterday all ready to go to Atlanta, I woke to freezing rain today. I knew it might happen so I wasn't counting on making the drive.
Finally I decided that I probably could do it and survive, even if I had to come back in Atlanta's rush hour traffic. However, it didn't appeal. Did I want to do it? No.
So, with my new "effortless" approach, I called FedEx. Within an hour, the driver appeared, helped me seal the envelope, did the label for me, and told me "it's there." In something of a joyful daze, I returned to the warm cabin.
Luckily I'd already set up a FedEx account online, so all I had to do was make the request. Next time I'll probably request the pickup online too. What a blessed saver of time and effort!
The FedEx driver lives within a mile of me. He was headed home for cornbread and beans his wife was cooking for lunch. So we were all happy today.
For weeks I've known that it would be more efficient to send slides to Atlanta by FedEx overnight priority. It costs much less than driving, if you count just the mileage rate and not even my time. But today was the first time I carried through.
I'm happy that I valued my time and energy enough to do this. If I'd driven to Atlanta and back today, I'd be super tired tomorrow morning. Now I'm looking forward to doing some digital photographs tomorrow. Since I have the background and lights handy, I can make photos of my paper medicine bags, to include in the website.
Thanks, FedEx.
9:39:23 PM 
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