It’s fairly safe to say that many members of my family have never been able to fully get their head around WHY I decided to move to Mexico, but since they love me and know who I am, they don’t question my decisions too much.
One thing they just HATE, however, is that because of the notorious suckage of the Mexican Postal Service, they haven’t been able to send me care packages or gifts through the mail.
Imagine my surprise on Dec. 24 to receive an Express Mail envelope, full of this stuff:
That’s right, the cards I received from various family members had CASH IN THEM and they SENT THEM THROUGH THE MEXICAN MAIL and they ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH WITH THE MONEY INTACT.
I had the strangest feeling, like when you lose your kid at the mall and find them half an hour later swinging from a clothes rack…you’re overjoyed, but want to give him a good smack, too. I was thrilled and grateful for their generosity, but upset at the chance they took, too. I received a FedEX-ed rental check last week from a client that had been opened, looked at, and retaped before it got to me.
It is, truly, nothing short of a miracle that the mail wasn’t opened and divested of its contents. Thank you, crazy family, for giving me a great Christmas!! I love you and miss you all.
I love and miss all of you, too…it’s crazy busy season here in Playa, so blogging has taken a back seat. Back when I can, pollitos.
Merry Christmas indeed!! What a nice surprize!!
By: Michele on December 30, 2008
at 11:37 am
You must have been shocked to receive the cash in the mail, and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic New Year!
By: darla on December 30, 2008
at 1:24 pm
That’s awesome. Now tell them not to do it again!
But seriously that’s a great xmas!
By: Elizabeth on December 30, 2008
at 3:05 pm
So, I guess that’s why I haven’t gotten a thank-you for that brand new purple MacBook, autographed by Prince and wrapped in $50′s…
By: James on December 31, 2008
at 12:55 pm
OMFG! That is INSANE!!! First Michelle, now you, I’m almost tempted to try it myself! Naw, I must be dream-surfing. This can’t truly be real.
Happy dream Christmas and prospero ano nuevo!
By: kathy on January 1, 2009
at 1:26 pm
Wow what an awesome Christmas gift… swinging from the clothes rack, indeed!
btw, did you ever get my postcard from way back during the Experiment?
By: charmarie221 on January 1, 2009
at 2:18 pm
That is a miracle!!!!! I once had something shipped from Canada DHL – never made it, and when it got back home half it’s belongings were gone… So this is GREAT news!!!I’m excited for you! Haha
By: lauren on January 1, 2009
at 5:33 pm
Customs often opens Fed-Ex as they do not always believe what is declared. In fact that’s kind of their job.
By: Johnny on January 11, 2009
at 7:22 pm
Johnny: I totally understand. But I wonder if it’s also their job to steal stuff. Because that happens a lot here.
By: heatherinparadise on January 12, 2009
at 2:38 pm
If it was listed in the contents I would call Fed Ex, they make good on it. As far as the postal system goes my friend has sent me 6 birthday cards over that span of years. I received one. It is non-existent. That’s why Tel-Mex delivers their own bills. You truly had a Christmas miracle. It was nice to read.
By: Johnny on January 12, 2009
at 2:52 pm