This is United States calling, are we reaching...

I like maps. To be more specific, I like atlases. I especially enjoy looking at the city populations and comparing them to each other. Okay, so maybe that doesn't sound like EVERYBODY'S fun time, but it is to me.

So one might think I'd be excited about participating in an NSF funded census about recent college graduates. Well, I was...but I procrastinate sometimes. So finally, a few months after the initial packet, after reminder after reminder had been sent, I finally filled it out and sent it back.

A few days later, my sister-in-law gets a call from the U.S. Census Bureau asking if she could have me call them. I call them to find that they were just wondering if I had gotten my packet in the mail, because they thought maybe it had gone to the wrong address (actually, it DID go to my former residence). I told them I had already sent it, but it probably hadn't arrived yet.

I still like the census...but it seems like they have some self-esteem issues. I wonder if they wait by the phone, and then wonder if they just missed my call when they were home.