Oops, Wrong Mail Box

Our new rural mail carrier often puts neighbors' mail in my box and mine in the neighbors', but this one...

It's obviously a Christmas card. It's from a woman in Lafayette, Colorado, sent to an address in Boulder, Colorado, a distance of, if I remember correctly, about fifteen miles.

The address is printed correctly, though in red ink, and the Zip is correct for that part of Boulder--80304. But the Zip+4 the post office's machine prints and bar-codes at the bottom of the envelope is correct for my mail box--98382-8414--more than a thousand miles away.

I wrote short letters to the sender and intended receiver. I'll take the lost card to the post office and ask the postmaster how this card ended up in my box.

So, don't worry, Dr and Mrs Ham. Mary Ann's card is on its roundabout way.

Odd coincidence, but I grew up in Boulder, and some lifelong friends live only a block from where this card was supposed to go.

Damn, just realized I'm talking about a Christmas card. It's the 15th already. Of December! Guess I'd better think about Christmas shopping.

Now, where's that ten-spot I was saving just for this...