Bonus Christmas

So a few short days after Christmas. I got an email from a gentleman named Eric. It simply asked one question.

“Did you ever lived on Stevenson Street? If so I got some mail in my mailbox for you. Have a great day!”

As a matter of fact I did live on Stevenson Street for 2 years, but that was like two years ago. I thought this was a bit odd because I did fill out a change of address when I moved. I also informed friends and family of my new address. But curiosity got the best of me. So I had to find out what it was, I replied to Eric’s email right away to tell Eric that I indeed did live there but it was two years ago.

What could it be? Could it be a letter from an old friend or could it be a just junk mail from some business. It was killing me not knowing.

Thankful Eric put me out of my misery and replied back right away.

“Awesome, I’m so glad I found you. The envelope looks like it has been through WW3, but I think it is a Christmas gift. Would you like me to mail it or I could drop it off sometime. Just let me know.”

That got me thinking about how nice it was for Eric to take the time to track me down. Many times I get mail for the former person that lived at our place. I have never taken the time to track that person down and give them their mail back to them. I just write “Return to Sender and stick it back in the mailbox. If it’s junk mail it goes in the trash.

Eric took the time to track me down, was willing to spend the money on a stamp. Just to make sure I got my Christmas gift.

I didn’t want him to waste a stamp just to mail the gift to the other side of town. So I again replied to his email and made plans for him to drop it off at the DeForest Times office that is nearby to were he lives. and thanked him again for tracking me down.

So you might be wondering what the mystery mail was... well it wasn’t a check from the Publisher Clearing House saying that I won some big amount of money. It also wasn’t a free sample of shampoo from some business. It was a nice Christmas card from my aunt Sue and a special monetary gift just for me. Thanks to Eric and his Sherlock Holmes like skills I was able to enjoy a little extra bonus Christmas.

Aunt Sue didn’t get my change of address because she was also moving the same time I was. Mystery solved case closed!