Day 4381

I got a call from Fedex today. The guy told me that they had found my lost package and that it would be out on the truck for delivery tomorrow. This was great news, but I am still a bit apprehensive. The Fedex representative said that it was impossible to change the delivery address back to my home and that the package would still be going to the same Fedex Print and Ship Center where it became lost on the first delivery attempt over a week ago. The Fedex guy assured me that everything would go smoothly this time. We'll see. I really hope this long saga has a happy ending.

I'll have to admit that I was surprised to actually get a call from the Fedex case manager. I've made so many calls about the lost package with no results whatsoever that I was beginning to think the situation was hopeless. Since I am a skeptical person by nature, I'll need to have the package in my hands before I'm willing to concede that this long series of mistakes is over. It would be a nice little Christmas gift though. I really need to move on to and start worrying about something else.

Aside from the surprise call from the Fedex representative, today was pretty routine. I made the bed, ate my regular breakfast and dinner, all while doing a whole lot of walking. I had another 24,000 step day. My feet continue to hurt but I keep soldiering on. I actually made an effort to find some new Hoka hiking boots today, but the shoe I was looking for was out of stock everywhere. This had to be a supply chain problem. Shoes just aren't made in the United States anymore and the boots I want are probably stuck on a ship somewhere. They aren't supposed to be available again until February. I can get a different style of Hoka boot directly from the Hoka company website, but then I'll have to deal with shipping issues again. I'm a little gun shy about delivery services right now.

Several of the people I've gotten to know at Kennedy Space Center are traveling to French Guiana for the James Webb Telescope launch. Must be nice to have someone cover your expenses for a trip like that. I'd have trouble getting a publication to cover cab fare across town. I'm not jealous though. I've become so reclusive that I'm not even sure I'd have the nerve to go to South America. I'll be lucky if I can convince myself to keep traveling to Florida and West Texas.

I think our cold spell is over. The temperature will be in the 70's tomorrow and will climb to the mid 80's by Christmas Day. This might be the warmest Christmas on record here in Dallas. The warmer weather is certainly fine by me. I'm tired of deciding what coat I need to wear every time I go outside. I would never make it as a Northerner. I've experienced some very cold Winters in my younger years, but I've become accustomed to living down South. I'd be happy wearing shorts and a t-shirt all year long.

Tomorrow I have a dental appointment. The dentist says I have a cavity in one of my lower front teeth. I was supposed to have this cavity filled a long time ago, but my hospitalization and gallbladder removal intervened. Usually you feel a little discomfort if you have a cavity, but this tooth feels absolutely normal. I keep wondering if the dentist made a mistake. I guess I should be a little more trusting. There were x-rays taken of this tooth.

I hope my package arrives tomorrow and that the star tracker inside isn't broken. This package has been kicking around the Fedex system for so long that I'm expecting it to have a few bumps and bruises.

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