The U.S. Mail

While the service has always been good (vacation holds, things like that) the mail doesn’t arrive at Casa NewMexiKen until 4 or 5 or even 6PM. It’s not unusual, in fact, to see the letter carrier with a light on in his truck as he drives down our street from mailbox-to-mailbox well after dark. This is a problem across much of Albuquerque and apparently even extends statewide. There has been a flurry of activity recently to improve service — including some top manager reassignments.

NewMexiKen hasn’t seen any changes yet — the mail still arrives late and the Netflix DVD I put in my mailbox yesterday afternoon couldn’t have been picked up until after 4. Even so, moments ago — a little after 8 AM — I received an email from Netflix that the DVD had been received (in Denver, more than 400 miles away). Something is working.