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Yeesh! Sorry I've been AWOL this week. Work and life happened. Anyway... I want to give a shoutout to our USPS mail carrier, Jerry Clausen, who was profiled by the Journal Star after he received the USPS Million Mile Safe Driving Award for 30 years of service. Thirty years is a long time to cruise around town in a mail truck. Here at 625 Elm Street we love Jerry. He always has a smile on his face, and he warmly greets us -- and our dogs -- by name. Jerry isn't just "the mailman" to us; he plays a subtle, but important, role in our lives. In fact, he's part of a long line of people who have made memorable repeat appearances in our family history: the lady who forgot her new shoes at SouthPointe; the garbage guys when Robbie was a toddler; the pharmacist at Hy-Vee; the checker at Hy-Vee; the custodian at the Y; and so on. When a package arrives, I can even tell whether it's Jerry or somebody else at the door based solely on Daisy's bark. So a hearty congratulations to Jerry and best wishes as he aims for his next 30 years of safe driving.