Precious 55 Yen 💰

It finally arrived 😊

I gathered up some leftover stationery and listed it on Mercari as
a "Stationery Bits and Pieces Set"
with a May-only offer: "I will include a mini Imabari handkerchief!"
A buyer appeared at the end of May! I immediately packed it up and shipped it.

However, it stayed stuck on "Shipped"
"Why could that be???"
Unable to help myself, yesterday Itried inquiring at the post office.🏣 "For the Kanto region, it takes X days. For the Kyushu region, X days, and for Okinawa, X days.
It is handled the same as regular mail."
🧚 "I understand 😊"

Japan is vast

Of all my transactions on Mercari so far,
this one took the longest.
While interacting anonymously,I felt like a parent full of worry,
wondering where in Japan the items I sent off with love
would end up, and if they would arrive safely.
I suspect that this time, someone quite far away purchased them.
"Japan really is vast," thought the little sprite 🧚

Precious 55 yen

Today, I received a notification that it safely reached the buyer.
After deducting shipping costs and sales fees from the 300 yen selling price,
my earnings = 55 yen 💰
The kind words from the buyer
brought tears to the eyes of the little sprite 🧚 "It made it there safely 😮‍💨"

"I was so happy to find it packed with so many practical and cute little items."
It was worth the effort I put into packing it so the recipient would cherish it!
As a parent of the bride, receiving such kind words made for a happy day.
This 55 yen in earnings is 55 yen that gave me a precious experience.
Amount does not equal value.
Having my feelings reach someone equals value.
That is what the little sprite felt today 🧚

Today's Tanka 🧚

"A parcel traveling through the lush green,

I wish for happiness at its destination."

by Little Sprite