Please Mr. Postman
I’m kicking myself for not sending the cupcakes overnight or driving them to the main Post Office in Merrifield. I really thought there was a good chance that Priority Mail on Saturday would get them to San Francisco by Monday.
The only link to me and those cupcakes at this point is this little Delivery Confirmation Receipt. It sits by my computer and every time I sit down, I go to the USPS site and check. Each time it comes back with:
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Label/Receipt Number: 0308 1400 0001 4920 4545
Status: Acceptance
Your item was accepted at 10:38 AM on December 27, 2008 in ARLINGTON, VA 22206. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.
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I know it says “updated every evening”, but I can hope, can’t I?
I tried to call the Post Office where I mailed them to make sure they hadn’t sat in some heated room all weekend, not even picked up yet. But no one even answers the phone.
Maybe if I let someone at USPS see the cute video my husband made for our daughter’s birthday, which is TODAY, the cupcakes could get on a nonstop flight for SF.
ARGHHH! I’m so bad at being patient and dealing with things that are out of my control!
posted by Barbara at 11:18 AM
7 Comments:
Oh no--how disappointing. I know she will be happy to have them, even if they are a little late.
Are they there yet? Are they there yet? I hope they made it today!!
Hope springs eternal! The status now reads:
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Label/Receipt Number: 0308 1400 0001 4920 4545
Status: Processed
Your item was processed and left our ZIP Code 20199 facility on December 27, 2008. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.
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ZIP Code 20199 is Dulles, which means it left on a plane hopefully headed for SF on Saturday. Could it possibly have been delivered today? Obviously the tracking information is not terribly current!
The USPS tracking system doesn't seem to know that the CUPCAKES ARRIVED! My daughter called to tell me how excited she was to get the package and how good the frosting tasted. She said they still looked beautiful!
She was walking around lovely SF with her boyfriend (who is home on break from med school) and a good friend from Boston who is visiting. They were on their way to dinner to celebrate her birthday.
I take back anything negative I said about the USPS. Fortunately their delivery is much better than their tracking system!
Hooray!!! And Happy Birthday, Rachel!!
Finally:
Label/Receipt Number: 0308 1400 0001 4920 4545
Status: Delivered
Your item was delivered at 2:52 PM on December 29, 2008 in SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117.
Wonderful!! A funny coincidence -- I virtually never, ever eat cupcakes, but today was offered one, and naturally I accepted (and ate TWO), just in case the universe was offering me a chance to help move along any stuck Cupcake Ch'i energy on the path to Rachel! :-)
-- F.
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