Belated birthday present

Not so belated, because it must have been delivered yesterday and slunk down in the mailbox, which annoyingly is just wide enough for a regular sized envelope to get stuck on its side at the bottom. Do people not think if these things? Anyway, was a thick envelope from the city, clearly my property taxes moan groan tremble, unless someone has factored in the 5% drop in housing prices in the last year. Though I think they've been factored already: I seem to recall a 200K drop in my assessment that took it to 'still badly overpriced' from 'are you effing joking??!!'

But is not my taxes. Is a utility bill for water and garbage. Um yeah. That would be the water meter reading I sent them after who knows how many years of estimated usage. People in this situation have been faced with high four figure adjustments so I was preparing for the worst. And the damage is... a credit on my account because I'd overpaid to the tune of nearly $150. So all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.