Currently the FedEx, UPS, USPS, and Amazon delivery people are my best friends.
It's not so much that I am trying to make my life easier by ordering holiday gifts online as it is that I am sick and tired of being my own cashier at the check-out. I've done my stint in retail, and I'm over it. Besides, I am not getting any employee discounts at these stores, so why would I do self-checkout?
Next comes the part that I really hate: wrapping. I don't know why, but I despise wrapping stuff. Unfortunately, it is as necessary a part of the holiday season as eating over-baked and under-decorated cookies. So, I set up my wrapping station, which must be moved, rearranged, put away, and taken out over and over again because I do need my kitchen table from time to time.
This year will be different. Or so I believe.
Right now, much as I love them and count on them, my delivery people are letting me down (through no fault of their own). Several items, regardless of how early I ordered the stuff, is delayed, delayed, delayed. Today I helped the Amazon delivery person get into the package room here at the complex, hoping that at least one of my items might arrive today.
No such luck, though. I get home to an email update: Your items are now delayed until at least Tuesday. Sweet. Just flaming sweet.
In the meantime, I'll wrap like a demon on a holiday sugar high. If I eat enough chocolate and sip enough wine, I probably won't mind wrapping anymore. (The recipients might.) Maybe by the end of it all, my Grinch Wrapping heart will grow three sizes. I mean, I wouldn't place bets on it, but, like the delayed shipping on my items, I can always remain hopeful of holiday miracles.
