No bad days, only ones that are more difficult than others

Our new house-mate wisely says "There are no bad days, only ones that are more difficult than others." I like his mantra and will hold onto it... because today has been one of the difficult ones.

I have to warn all of you who ordered puzzles and books and calendars and prints, and paintings and fiber art from me over the last couple of weeks... shipments are slower than normal, in some cases packages have disappeared into the wilds of the postal services or are simply hanging out in facilities in Kirkland and Switzerland, Phoenix and London - seemingly stuck forever.

On top of it all, my puzzle manufacturer has been trying to communicate an issue (in Chinese) that I finally realized meant that instead of receiving them this week (as was expected) so that I could ship off to you in time for Christmas, all of the puzzles are still on the production floor... in China.

Sending it out into the cosmos - 'Tomorrow will be less difficult, right?'