Russian Post... maybe it would have been faster if they walked it here

Well, today, Saturday, the package that my parents sent to me five weeks ago arrived. Five weeks! But I was lucky. They said it usually takes about 2 months from the US. Here in Russia, they don't deliver the package to your door, but they deliver a notice to your mailbox that you have to go to the post office to pick it up. And it is a Russian tradition that whenever you receive one of these notices that you got a package from home, you have to dance to get it. So I did a little jig. Actually picking up the package was surprisingly easy though. We just went to the closest post office, gave them the notice, and signed a piece of paper. I havent opened the package yet, but I think it contains the much needed autumn warm clothes that I needed a month ago that will be very useful now that it is sub-zero and snowing. Haha. But I was really excited to receive the package. The reason that the government post is so slow here is that all mail that comes into and leaves the country has to be processed through Moscow, which is on the opposite side of Russia. DHL could have had it here in 2 weeks, but it would have cost about $400 I think. So it was worth waiting, and now that I know that my packages wont dissapear into a black hole or fall off the truck somewhere between Moscow and Blagoveshchensk on a deserted stretch of siberian highway, I wont have to worry for five weeks the next time my parents decide to send me something. Thanks parents! (PS if you send me another package now, it might arrive by the holidays...)

UPDATE: I opened the package and somehow my parents knew that it wouldnt arrive until winter so they sent me a lot of warm winter clothes. I really loved getting the package and thank you a bunch for sending it! All these warm clothes will really help.