gave an exam and almost got it all graded. I would have, if I hadn't had to deal with them having to update my office computer (we have to migrate to Windows 11 soon, and my e-mail climate for my campus e-mail quit working, so they just did mine early). It took some fiddling after the update to get things back the way I wanted them. (More and more, I find that minor changes, like in an interface I have to use, throw me off and annoy me and I can't work efficiently)
Then a package came to my house.
Way back in July I had ordered some fruit snacks a friend had given me. I liked them, but nowhere in town sold them (Now several places do, even the local wal-mart). But the seller - one of those third parties - seemed to have put the wrong postage on it and they weren't very polite when I messaged them and told them I'd already paid postage in my order (they wanted more payment) and I felt like it was a scam. So I cancelled it with the main site and got my money back and told myself they had never sent it, anyway, and probably never would have.
Then yesterday I got a mysterious "parcel tracking" on my informed delivery:
I wondered about it. And I very briefly hoped maybe it was the Skoggy I had to cancel because of no shipping info and no response when I e-mailed the company several times.
But it came today
Womp womp. I see why the postage was questioned by the PO:
Yeah. "for donation use only." Now I'm wondering if someone was abusing their position at a food bank using it to meter packages they were sending.
It WAS the fruit snacks but after three months on the road in hot trucks, I don't think they're edible any more, and anyway, I don't want to chance it (they are "yogurt covered" and I bet that coating can go off). I had thought of taking them to one of those "blessing boxes" but hungry people won't want food that might be spoiled. So I think I just throw them away; I got my refund for them back in July. But what a waste, and if the seller was illegally using the meter at the food bank where they work - or worse, selling donations they got for profit - shame on them.
Then, after AAUW meeting, I got a UPS package. A gift from a friend. Most of the stuff in it was great, but UPS didn't handle the box well.
She got me a handmade piece of pottery. But
I don't even think it can be glued because there are some tiny chips down in the bag. I'm not ready to throw it out yet though - someone put in effort to make that, and it just got destroyed in transit.
So many careless people in this world, destroying so many beautiful things. Symbolic of a lot that's going on.
Anyway, the rest of the things made it:
A sew of sewing clips, and a kit for an owl doll you embroider yourself.
And about 1000 yards of dk weight wool yarn:
And finally, a sticker from her recent travel. Because we are both mature adults who appreciate such things:
1 comment:
I am sorry about the spoon rest. I will get Lester to make another and ship it properly. I hope you kike the rest.
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