Excitement

 

^ I remember these well (since I took so many pictures.)

When we lived in Germany my Dad made us send our film to York, Pennsylvania to get it developed which took a month to do (2 weeks in the mail each way and 1 week to develop.)

That was so annoying, but when they finally came in the mail it was exciting to see if the pictures even came out.

I also remember going to 1 hour Photo Places (in Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, etc.) and always being asked "When I want the pictures back?" and I would always reply "In an hour" and they would always look at me as though I had told them I was going to live on Mars.

In Yaroslavl, Russia I would get my film developed at an overnight place (you knew it could be done in an hour, but they needed more time to make copies and see if you were taking any pictures of "State Secret" Places - which can be anyplace or anything in Russia.)

I always came home from my 5 trips to Russia with lots of undeveloped film in my carry-on and would get it developed in the US.

No matter how I got them developed it was always fun to get them back. ^