Going postal

So my mail is officially undeliverable.

For some inexplicable reason, I have discovered that my mail has not been delivered for the past month for reasons unknown. This is seriously grating, and a major problem. It means that until the post office gets their act together, I am a bit in the lurch on getting my credit card, getting my text book for probability class, and receiving even general mail (Thanks again, Dad and Aunt Sally!).

I called USPS on July 3rd, but although I tried to reach them again on Thursday, they still say they haven't sorted it out. Very, very frustrating.

On a better note, Aunt Sally and Andrew just left for Charleston a few hours ago after a very fun, and by my standards, very luxurious visit. Aunt Sally was very generous in paying for a good chunk of my lunches and whatnot, and I have a finer appreciation for how much my parents spend when they take me out places. I think about all of the times my parents and relatives took me out to eat, and how often I didn't thank them, and I realize I was often ungrateful. After living here for a few months, and having to stick mostly to inexpensive eats whenever I do go out, I felt positively feted by my aunt as we had 2 fantastic lunches in Little Italy AND room service. For the first time, I felt obligated to take her out, too.

Originally, I planned to take them out to lunch at Penguin Pizza at Brigham Circle, but we never wound up going down quite that way, and after Aunt Sally saw the North End I couldn't convince her to eat anywhere else even with a gun to her head. So, I settled for buying them a round of desserts at Mike's Pastry. However, someday, when I have a comfortable amount of cash in my bank account, I'm going to turn the tables on Ole Sally and treat her from one end of Boston to the other; From Hanover Street to Kenmore Square.

My probability theory class is enjoyable; or at least as enjoyable as a math class can be. Although to a large extent, I have learned most of the concepts in one class or the other already, this approach to the subject is far more rigorous, and I enjoy my professor's approach to proving basic concepts. Our first midterm is Thursday, and will include lots of proofs, which is good, because it is reinforcing 3 sets of information at once: combinatorics, probability, and proofs.

So today and Sunday I am going to crash, and finish paying off my last set of bills: internet, electric, rent, and buy a one way ticket to Dayton, OH.

Beaming out, Scotty.