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“Missing” Package

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Sorry for the blur but it’s it a beaut!?

I do an obscene amount of online shopping for good reason; usually I can score amazing deals, things are generally cheaper and I hate crowds so going to stores or malls gives me mad anxiety most the time. Especially around Christmas, oh man, I DO NOT go out to the stores at that time. Plus the convenience to have it delivered to the house is wonderful.

Between Amazon, Etsy, Book Outlet, Temu, Patpat, and other online retailers, I can pretty much find anything.

I’m a unique soul if you haven’t noticed and making my “work” laptop as unique as myself was a priority for me. So I had found this awesome laptop sticker on Etsy (Image above) and when I had placed the order I forgot to check where it was coming from. To my surprise, it was coming from Europe, Ukraine to be exact and I knew it would be a bit of a wait.

Well nearly a month later and I finally got an email that stated it had been delivered. All excited, I run to the front door, open it and see…..nothing….absolutely nothing on the porch. I check the side of the step, the mailbox, even behind our patio chair and niente.

Of course I begin to panic and run down to my husband, explaining what had happened. “Maybe it’s in the mailbox? Babe do you think it can be in the mailbox??!!” He replied with a maybe and that we can check once we find out the mailbox number and get the key from my dad.

For the youngins out there, mail used to be delivered to the actual house, now there are community mailboxes where you walk to the end of your street, open your designated box and get your mail. Hence why we still have a mailbox on the porch. But I digress!

I was panicked, I even asked my parents if they had picked it up or saw it on the porch. Nope, neither of them had. Then I thought, maybe it was stolen or maybe it was never delivered. Do you see how my crazy brain works now?

My husband kept telling me to calm down and sometimes if the package is small enough, UPS will hand it over to the postal service to deliver instead but mark it as delivered on their end. He informed me we would go take a look in the mailbox after dinner when we went for out walk.

As we were walking out the door, I grabbed the key from my dad, asked for the number and off we went. Valeria strapped in her carrier on my husband’s chest as we walked at a quick pace to the mailbox. We also really wanted to get a second walk in before the rain hit.

I put that key into the keyhole, turned, opened and….

Low and behold there it was! My beautiful “missing” package. I was so relieved and my husband just laughed, smirking “See I told you it’d be here….what would you do without me?” I laughed and told him I had no idea but that he was right. Valeria just sat there staring at us like we were crazy. I clutched onto that package all the way home.

Once we got home and I had a second, I then opened up the package, took out my beautiful sticker. Which to my surprise, she sent me two. Not sure if it was a mistake or not, but I’ll take it. Then I followed the instructions and applied. It says to get rid of the bubbles by pushing them out with a credit card, but seriously…..ain’t nobody got time for that! Plus the bubbles are tiny and I don’t really care.

All in all I am soooo very happy with my purchase and it’s very me to say the least. Valeria even kept trying to touch it, she looks leopard print just like mommy.

But that was my day for the most part. Took two walks with Valeria which she loves being outdoors, made BBQ for dinner (my husband BBQ’d, I marinated) and put Valeria down early since she was exhausted. A really good day to be honest. And now, I am enjoying the beautiful sound of heavy rainfall outside and watching the lightning flash through the window. Heavenly!

Hope you had a wonderful day wherever you are in the world.

Ciao!!

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What a Week!

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Well another week gone and it feels like a complete blur! Let’s recap, at least what I can remember anyway.

I finally got to take pictures at Century Manor, I went back to the gym, my daughter rolled for the first time this week (Yay!!), my internet went out…AGAIN, went to the post office to send out a return, I unintentionally went for a two hour walk with my daughter, requested an exchange on a book order, rescheduled my dental appointment and Salem went back to the vet for a recheck. I think those are the big highlights.

It was a hectic week and I really didn’t expect it to be, it just kind of turned out that way. So I apologize in advance if this post is boring or too domestic compared to my usual posts.

I ordered some books from an online place called https://bookoutlet.ca/. It’s fantastic and I am a lover of physical copies. So, when I ordered they were doing a buy 4 get the 5th free; well I had to get books for myself and Valeria! I came across this one series, a book of three, and I thought I had ordered all three books. But when I got my order this week I had two copies of book three. I was confused, checking my order and somehow I had mistakenly ordered it. When I went back online, book one was no longer there, I was sad. I contacted their customer support requesting a return or exchange, I was even willing to ship back the book at my own cost. They got back to me the same day and stated they will refund me, and to donate the book instead of sending it back. Frankly, some of the best customer support I’ve ever received! So I will happily be donating that book.

Next up, I ordered clothing online. I know what your thinking…Ugh online shopping and this time I have to agree. I ordered two pairs of black pants and this cute hoodie with a cut-out at the upper chest, however I was severely disappointed. They fit WAY too small, the material on the one pair of pants felt more like fabric you’d wear at Halloween, the sweater was a teeny tiny crop top that barely fit over my boobs….needless to say, it was a disaster! I requested a return and sent it back. Which is why I went to the post office….

Next story..

I decided instead of having my husband drive me, or take my own car which I didnt have Thuraday anyway, that I would walk down to the post office. It’s not all that far and Valeria could use her daily walk, so I decided to take her in the stroller and go. Well, because we had to walk along the main road, the cars kept rushing by on the street, which little Miss Valeria was not a fan of. So, on the way home I decided to take the back way that goes past my eldest brother’s house. I informed my husband that if I was taking longer then expected that was why. Silly me didnt realize, at that moment, that a 5 minute drive isnt a short walk. From leaving the house to the time I got home, it was 2 hours! I was sore already from the gym, then that cardio, man was I spent! Valeria had a wonderful sleep pretty much the whole time and the sun was shining, so a big positive on both fronts.

I couldn’t handle going to the dentist this coming Monday, February 12th, so I rescheduled. I seriously hate going to the dentist. Traumatized as a kid, and still can’t get over it. So I avoid it as much as I possibly can. A story for another day!

Salem’s recheck. Well, I scheduled this one Wednesday morning for today. She still was having constipation and she was turning her nose up at the food that helps her get fiber in her diet. So, I needed to find out if the problem was something else internally. Thankfully the visit was quick; assessed her from head to toe again, I requested bloodwork and some more medicine and they gave her some subcutaneous fluids for the dehydration. Not sure how she is dehydrated, I see her drinking constantly. That makes me wonder if it is a kidney issue like I fear. The veterinarian also suggested trying unflavored metamucil in her food, which I will definitely try! Then we took her home.

Can you see how chaotic this week turned out to be? I don’t even want to get into the internet thing, so I’m going to leave this post on a happy note.

It was a good week, so many good things happened and I’ve already got big plans for next week. My husband took next week off for lots of family time.

Until tomorrow, have a wonderful day or evening wherever you are in the world!

Ciao!!