Well, this is too quiet
[enters stage left, knocking over a stack of steel pots]
Happy Thursday! The fog is general over San Francisco as is typical for summer.
I have a packed weekend schedule.
Tonight my friend Jes's drag troupe does its monthly show at the bookstore, and my new friend Rachael (my Pilates instructor) will be coming.
Tomorrow night my friend Rowan's 30th birthday is at Alembic (with Jes's drag troupe performing).
Then on Sunday I get to enforce socialization with my kids for a second consecutive weekend, and once again get to pick the movie.
I would like a sparkly star for bravery, please: Mr. Loomycakes is out of town at a Magic: the Gathering event, and last night I had to deal with a spider by myself. (I beat it to death with a shoe as it kept skittering toward me.)
Oh, wow, Atropa! A whole sash full of badges and stars! Very sparkly!
Well, I'd rather not.
But I get it.
More USPS shenanigans with delivery of my (anti-) cancer medication.
Order placed on Wednesday 2026-06-17
- 2026-06-20 4:33 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- 2026-06-21 1:54 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility ST LOUIS MO PACKAGE SORTING CENTER
- 2026-06-21 6:42 p.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility KANSAS CITY KS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
So, far so, good. My expectation was that it would travel a few miles across the state line to the Kansas City MO distribution center and then from there up the interstate to my local post office, with delivery as forecast on Wednesday the 24th.
But nooooo....
- 2026-06-22 3:19 p.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility DES MOINES IA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Two possibilities come to mind. Either 1) the truck made it to my local post office, but the package didn't get unloaded and the truck proceeded on its route north along the interstate, or 2) the truck went directly up the interstate to Des Moines IA, which means it passed by within 300 yards of my apartment. Had I known, I could have waved.
- 2026-06-24 4:27 p.m. - Arrived at Post Office DES MOINES, IA 50395
So it didn't get sent straight back. After two days it ended up at a Des Moines IA local post office!
- 2026-06-25 11:46 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility DES MOINES IA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
It spent almost three full days in Iowa.
- 2026-06-25 2:19 p.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility OMAHA NE PACKAGE SORTING CENTER
- 2026-06-26 12:48 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility OMAHA NE PACKAGE SORTING CENTER
- 2026-06-26 1:24 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility OMAHA NE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- 2026-06-26 2:27 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility OMAHA NE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Two locations and one full day in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 2026-06-26 6:42 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility KANSAS CITY MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Different interstate, does not pass near me.
- 2026-06-26 6:43 a.m. - Departed USPS Facility KANSAS CITY MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER
One minute turnaround!
- 2026-06-26 7:18 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility KANSAS CITY KS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Back where it was five days previously.
- 2026-06-27 5:49 a.m. - Arrived at USPS Facility LIBERTY MO
- 2026-06-27 7:00 a.m. - Out for Delivery, LIBERTY MO
- 2026-06-27 11:37 a.m. - Delivered In/At Mailbox
Three days late, but it got here.
::whew::
