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1. The woman at the post office informed me that my packages, in total, weighed somewhere around 25 pounds. (This made me feel better, as they'd seemed really heavy going down the hill.)
2. This is the second set of packages I've mailed off of BEA books for people.
3. Several people that we gave books to did not require the US Postal Service's help -- e.g. our friend B. here in Philadelphia and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
strange_selkie and darthrami when they came up to visit.
4. There are still a few things that need to be given away to people who live in the area or to family members.
5. We gave away a lot of books, but in total they made up less than a quarter of the amount we kept.
6. We also got tchotchkes and candy and posters and postcards and catalogues &etc.
Conclusion: When I was swearing in the heat as I pushed a cart filled with books from 52nd and 2nd Ave to 34th and 8th Ave in NYC, and thinking that it must've weighed at least a hundred pounds... I was, if anything, underestimating.
Conclusion (2): When we go to the BEA in D.C., I'm getting a ride back to Philadelphia.
2. This is the second set of packages I've mailed off of BEA books for people.
3. Several people that we gave books to did not require the US Postal Service's help -- e.g. our friend B. here in Philadelphia and
strange_selkie and darthrami when they came up to visit.4. There are still a few things that need to be given away to people who live in the area or to family members.
5. We gave away a lot of books, but in total they made up less than a quarter of the amount we kept.
6. We also got tchotchkes and candy and posters and postcards and catalogues &etc.
Conclusion: When I was swearing in the heat as I pushed a cart filled with books from 52nd and 2nd Ave to 34th and 8th Ave in NYC, and thinking that it must've weighed at least a hundred pounds... I was, if anything, underestimating.
Conclusion (2): When we go to the BEA in D.C., I'm getting a ride back to Philadelphia.