Today was very unlucky. I checked the mail, and the mailbox was just as empty as it has ever been. Later, I slipped on my old shoes because I had big plans to check the mail again, only this time my mother said, we didn’t get anything today, Tracie. The mail lady came before you checked the first time. I didn’t believe her, but I should have. When I checked the mail the second time, my mailbox was even emptier than before. It should be against the law for a mail lady not to have mail for any particular mailbox. What am I supposed to do all summer if no mail, not even cigarette coupons, ever comes to our house?