I'm going through my rect PO receipts in order to track packages. I mailed something priority on 12/2 to Miami FL. NO IDEA what that is or who it is to. Hasn't gotten there, that I know. The one I mailed retail ground to TX the same day has already been delivered.

I've sent packages and cards off into the void for now. Like Voyager, they may eventually get to where they need to be.

I think Biden will need to replace a few people on the board of governors of the USPS before we can get rid of Dejoy, though. Not sure how that works.

I am also trying to track a package which should have arrived on Friday and is now disappeared into their system, and may or may not pop up with an Out For Delivery notice.

Fortunately, that's the one that I put $300 extra insurance on. Unfortunately, that's because it had the most expensive stuff in it.

Sj and ND, I hope your nerve impingements resolve themselves completely and without the need for surgery.

So far my packages are all arriving where they belong, but the one I mailed myself was UPS, so I don't know what combo of carriers the rest are using. I think I just have two more to check make their way to GA by Thursday.

Matt has one that had to make it through customs, which it did, but has since been languishing somewhere in MD. So curious what that one is.

I didn't finish my cards today. Bleh.

Argh—the shitty weather not only means trying to convince the puppy we can’t take a walk but it broke my canopy tent I just bought a couple months ago.

huh, I just wrote and posted and it went bloop and nothing

point of post was I picked up trash on dogwalk yesterday and there were like 10 110ml Remy Martin bottles. They are lovely green and I keep thinking there must be some use for them other than recycling.

Bottle tree?

They are lovely green and I keep thinking there must be some use for them other than recycling.

Lots of great folk art pieces done with bottle glass. Mosaic?

It's taken me like three days to meara this post.

Weirdly, the pediatric nurse? No COVID. The gym teacher working from home? COVID. Hoping they’re ok

Hoping they’re ok too. This is such a strange disease. Eventually they'll figure out what factors influence the body's response to COVID. Already there's decent evidence that low vitamin D levels in the blood correspond to higher likelihood of infection and bad outcome. I've increased my daily supplement of vitamin D. It's cheap enough to be worth it.

I am not handling Christmas well this year. It’s not like I have any particular desire to see my family, but I’m still bitter about being alone. I haven’t sent my family any cards, I haven’t bought my nieces and nephew anything, and I know I’m just being spiteful about it. I keep trying to psych myself up to get the energy to put something in the mail, but it isn’t happening.

Tom, I'm feeling the same way. In the middle of cold dark winter, I want something to make the world feel bright and special, and it's proving super hard to do that all alone. I still haven't sent any cards or presents; I want to, I just can't seem to get moving. Everything that should make me happy is making me sad.

Amy, I hope the meds start treating you better.

However, I have only recently come to the realization that I am in general not really okay. It was hard to admit to myself (and I have yet to figure out anything to do about it) because all the particular things that have made this year so hard for everyone have been relatively easy for me - I don't mind being alone, I still have a job and a paycheck, I haven't been physically suffering, so I should be ok. But I'm not.

Right there in that boat with you, -t.

Glad the kitty~ma worked for Javier!

More kitty~ma for Batcat!

Steph, recovery~ma for your friend, and his dad.

Health~ma for quester and Fred and sj and ND.

I need to fix my coddlers

Where the hell are my coddlers. Somebody coddle me dammit

Are there Krogers near you, Sophia? The one here has fresh roasted turkey breasts in their deli section around the holidays

That reminds me, my local Giant Foods has this too, I saw it the other day and thought that's what I'll do for Christmas. Little roasted turkey breast, Stovetop Stuffing, and find some canned corn pudding and cranberry sauce, and I'll feel like some part of Christmas is right at least.

I'm just gonna blame the slow post office for all my cards and packages being late.

There's an artist I keep seeing on FB who makes jewelry from broken bits of antique glass. They're gorgeous.