complicating mail

I lost the mail key for our house mailbox a few weeks ago. This wasn't really a problem, because the other four people in the house are generally content to wait for me to check the mail, however sporadically I do it. I'd also been borrowing another key from the office and checking, so it wasn't like there was never new mail for people. Unfortunately, I could only do that when the office was open - which it's not at midnight, when I like to check the mail. And I do like to check the mail. Even with all the ads we get, and the banks that remind me about interest that's accruing, I still think of it as present potential.

Today I'd decided that, y'know, it's been about two weeks so I should probably go to the office and buy a new key. So I did, and I opened the box, which was predictably stuffed with ads and things for the former housemate who is currently in South Africa.

It was also stuffed with a giant envelope from UC Davis School of Law which read "WELCOME".







I checked the mailbox almost daily for two months, waiting for that envelope.