My :30 High

Damn government...they had me excited for all of 30 seconds today.

On the way home I found myself thinking about my lovely economic stimulus check and that I’m supposed to get it around the 13th of this month. Of course, I’m hoping it would get here early. The gears start clicking in my head: today is the 8th -- 5 more days -- Friday! So I get home, grab my mail from yesterday and see an envelope from the IRS. On the back it says in big red letters “stimulus payment”. Hey Dubya…nothing like alerting potential mail thieves that there may be a check inside. I’m so excited that I stand there at the counter across from the bank of mailboxes and rip it open. What do I find? A letter. A f***ing letter. What does this letter tell me? That I’m getting a check. And the check will be here on or before June 13th. Talk about a huge let down, I was on a high for approximately 30 seconds. You don’t know all the happy thoughts running around my head for those 30 seconds.

This is the second letter I’ve received in the past month announcing that I will indeed receive a check. The magic check that is going to cure the mess our economy has become. Right.

I can’t help but think…if they didn’t spend so much money sending out all these notices about the check we’re to receive, they could have actually given us all more money.