I was supposed to get my check on the 25th, but it didn't come until today ... it usually comes spot on the 25th!
You should be happy! Here in the UK the 30th of the month is considered very quick for us to recieve our payment, sometimes I am waiting until the 5th of the next month. I'm pretty sure it's the same for all UK publishers as I have been recieveing monthly payments from google for several years now and they never arrive before the 30th.
i check my stats every few minutes lol (really need to see a doctor about that haha) but new to adsence and ohh boy is it going to kill me knowing the is a check in the mail but it may take up to a month for it to arrive