Nothing like stating the obvious...

I arrived home last evening after a marathon day in the office. Nothing new but I'm starting to 'feel it' that I'm not 22 anymore. I wheeled into the garage and then dragged my sorry bum down the driveway to the mailbox....err, the remains of the mailbox. The door was dangling by one screw, my mail was strewn into the bush beneath it and, as a topper, some sweet soul put a post-it note in the box stating "You need to fix your box". Gee, thanks, I never would have guessed. It's not like I don't do that all day long ;0)

So, I have a mystery. Did the mailman leave the note or was it the person who 'unfixed' my box? If it WAS the 'unfixer' it would have been nice had they fessed up. The box was fine when I left here. I am stumped because I do not live on a through street. It is a cul-de-sac with no one having a reason to be 'passing through'. I am very curious to know the story behind the person(s) fiddling with my box when I'm not looking.

I am having a low-level freak out because I am expecting some important stuff in the mail. Packages, revised papers noting that my name is not 'Carrie', my new I171-H. Granted, the really critical papers wouldn't be here already so I'm not wigging too bad but when one finds their utility bill in the bush it isn't a good feeling about where other things may have ended up. Most of my bills are fully electronic so I'm not too worried about that either but, all the same, I am going to go scope the bushes in neighboring yards today just in case.

So, now my mailbox matches my gutters. Actually, I rigged the box back up and it looks normal but the postman is in for a surprise when the door ends up in his hand. Right now my mailbox is a run-of-the-mill box on a stick. Looks like I'm in the market. What to do? What to do? I could just replace the box (being sensible) or I could pluck out the whole thing and start over. I really don't want one of those plastic dudes though and elaborate wrought iron just doesn't fit with the house. Okay, that's it. I REALLY need a referral because I am fretting over mailbox 'style'.

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Other thoughts:

1) Congrats to waiting parents on, hopefully, avoiding the I800 and all that entails if you started under the I600A! There still seems to be confusion on the number of extensions (my agency interpretation states one more paid extension only after the original paid and one free extension).

2) Thought (about 75%) that I had my daycare dilemma resolved. Nope. The bottom fell out of that and it is back to the drawing board. Hey, I'm getting this 'roll with it' thing down pretty well. The answer will come and there's no use sweating it in the mean time.

3) Our 'Shades of Ike' windstorm several weeks back is indirectly jacking me up. Just TRY to get a reputable roofer around here right now. They are booked solid and I am going to be waiting a while...hoping for the best in the interim. Looks like I will be hanging on to my Addams Family theme around here a while longer. I want the whole deal of woes addressed at once so, I'll be patient. I've gotten really good at that.

Have a great day....I hope all your boxes are intact.