No Mail Day

What the heck.... I didn't get any mail today... not a bill... nor a single piece of junk mail... and it isn't even a holiday... at least I don't think so!!!  Did I miss something?  Is it really a holiday?  Is the postal service on strike or something??

Ok.... I will say that I absolutely HATE getting both junk mail and/or bills in the mail on a daily basis... however... I've been conditioned to expect one or both every day.  I love getting mailbox surprises of cards and letters... but in this electronic age world... unless it's your Birthday or Christmas... getting Happy Mail is a rare thing indeed... and I keep telling myself that I need to send more Happy Mail too... I think about it often... even think about who to send something to and exactly what I will say... then next thing I know I get busy or distracted and then I completely forget all about it.

But back to today... my mail usually arrives at 11:00 a.m. on the nose... and I'm trained like a Pavlo dog to run and fetch my mail at 11:15 a.m. on the nose... just in case the mail person was delayed in any way.  So... this morning I go on my Pavlo dog trek to the mailbox to find nothing... NADA... NIL inside the box... which makes me think.... "Oh... this is a rare day the mail person (in this case... mail lady) is running a tad late".  I then walk back inside... do a few house chores... go outside and hose off the patio and pool deck... skim the pool... insert the robotic pool cleaner (aka 'the bottom feeder')... took a 1/2 hour phone call from my daughter... by now it is 1:15 p.m.... so off I trit trot back to the mail box... but again... nothing... NADA... NIL... so now I stop and ponder for a moment  (pointer finger to lips tapping lightly, head cocked, slightly tilted upward) hummmmm I think.... is this a holiday I have forgotten about?... it IS Thursday right?!!.... is the mail on strike or something... did I miss something in the news?!!... cause surely I have no mail in my box because I simply have no mail today... that just can't possibly be... no junk mail, no paper flyers!!!  That NEVER happens!

Once again I walk back to the house and busy myself for another couple hours... knowing that even if the mail lady is indeed running late today... if I have no mail by 4:00 p.m... I'm just not getting any mail today.  I have no idea why this fact has totally thrown me off kilter... but admittedly it has!!!  I feel sooo confused... and well.... just plain left out!  LOL  Isn't that just the silliest thing ever!  To be miffed at getting no mail just because you simply have no mail that day!  Why... it's like not getting chosen to be on a team for kick ball!  And how silly do I feel by running out to the mail box every couple of hours just to make sure I have no mail today!!!  RIDICULOUS!!!  That's how I feel!  Like I just know she is going to show up with a least one piece of junk mail before the days end... she just had a flat tire... or... she over slept this morning... or something!  LOL

So.... at 4:00 p.m.... yes.... back to the mail box I trit trot... to find... yep you got it... NOTHING!!!!  And the real bummer is... I truly am 'expecting' something... as in... something I ordered on-line and got the email "your order/item has been shipped and will arrive between Aug. 21st - Aug. 25th"... by the way... today IS Aug 25th... which of course only adds to my anxiousness of not getting any mail today!

In the end... I have no idea why I have no mail today... I feel like I missed Christmas morning... but hopefully tomorrow I will get a double duty butt load of mail... my on-line goodies, bills and junk mail and all and my world will be right side up again!!