Yesterday there was no mail. I don’t know why, but it’s like the mailman didn’t come. Maybe they took Tuesday off for National Teacher Appreciation Day (thanks Google!) I didn’t think much of it.

Today, the mail came with a vengance. The 100 Years of Illini Basketball DVD finally came, along with a big stack of bills. But, first, I refilled my allergy medicine prescription on the way home from work and it cost me twice as much as the last time — I guess only the first few refills are cheap. That’s annoying. (I need to review the benefits stuff and see if there are better prescription plans.) Then I gassed up my car at the unknown gas station at the corner of University and Mattis for $2.09. It’s bad that I’ve started thinking of $2.09 as a good price. (It’s the unknown gas station since it used to be an Amoco but it got bought out and they haven’t put up any signage for who owns it now.)

Anyhow, back to the mail. The bill from the ENT/allergy stuff from Christie came – I kinda knew that was coming, but it’s still a few hundred I wish I didn’t have to pay. The Property tax bill came – that sucked. Luckily, it’s been escrowed and will get paid by the mortgage people – but it’s still a huge chunk of money. Along with those bills came a Citibank bill, and a car insurance bill. When it rains it pours. The worst part is, all but one of those bills are due before the next payday. I better not hit the ATM in the next two weeks. (Shouldn’t be a problem, I’ve got plenty of cash, but that’s a blog post for another day.)

At least I’m not expecting anything bad in tomorrow’s mail.