Oh, wow, Atropa! A whole sash full of badges and stars! Very sparkly!
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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Well done!
Fuck the Supreme Court
Indeed
Well, I'd rather not. But I get it.
Heh.
As always.
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::
Damn. I get upset when I lose things like skin cream and t-shirts. Can't even imagine having that get misdirected. It had been a few weeks between stomach upsets...had started to think I was, if not done forever, getting a handle on it. Not exactly, argh. (Although I have felt worse the next day than this. Not exactly feeling those thrilling precinct-commitee calls, though.)
Dcp, that sounds horrible.
Um, I just bought a car. It is a 2023 Hyundai Kona. I test drove a bunch, and this is sort of against advice, but it was the most comfortable, and also, I get impatient with doing things like that, so I gave myself one week. I think I will miss my uncle driving me, though, but I had to be able to move about freely to schedule things.