I am having a bad mail moment.

At the end of November, the family I was staying with went overseas to China for ... well, until January some time. Before they left, we agreed that they would pass on my contact details to the housesitter so I could arrange to collect my mail.

A week after they left, I called the house phone six times over two days and in the end I just dropped by the house. I met the housesitter when I stopped by because she just happened to be home. I picked up my mail, chatted to her, and wrote down my contact details - mobile, home number with my aunt - asking her to call me if any more mail came.

I told her I was waiting for tickets to the Adelaide Big Day Out and I was worried about them. She said she would let me know if anything came in for registered post.

The next day I received a notification from Big Day Out to advise that my tickets had just been posted.

That was three weeks ago now. I have tried calling this lady, I have driven to the house several times (twice yesterday!) and left a note in the door asking her to call me about my mail (the first time, the second time it was gone - either blown away or collected). No response.

Before you ask, she is not the type to steal the tickets or anything. I think she's just forgotten or something similar.

I am driving there tonight before dinner in the hope that she will be home and I can just drop in.

But, dammit - why is she uncontactable? Why is she never home? Why won't she call me, since I can't call her! (She didn't give me her mobile or work email or anything). Dammit.

Big Day Out tickets - that's a couple of hundred dollars right there. I'm worried. I'm annoyed.