Today we got not one but TWO Christmas cards! The one was postmarked December 12th. I think the fact that we got two is telling; it’s not like one just slipped through the cracks. It was probably a whole bag they had or something. Unfortunately it is sort of typical of our mail service around here. I remember we didn’t get my mom’s postcard from Japan for like 6 months until our neighbor moved in and got his mail for the first time. It was kind of funny since we had seen my mom a couple of times after she got home before we got the post card, meaning it would have been more efficient for her to hand deliver it. Another time someone sent us a package that they never notified us about and just held onto it for a few months before returning it to sender. This is to say nothing of soggy mail or the way we found a package in the bush one time even though there was no note or anything to say we got one so who knows how long it was there.

Not really a service oriented town, if you know what I mean.