The good news is that the medal mailing task is over. All medals have been mailed with the exception of those for Goose, and they will be mailed when he provides an address. Good so far, right?
Here's the not-so-good.
When I arrived at the post office, the clerk went to work on stamping the Australia package, and preparing it for registered mail. She then got into her computer, and said "Oh no!" She apologized to me because just yesterday she said the package could to to Australia as registered mail. However, in the post office computer she found there was a weight limit for registered mail to Australia. And, the package is darned heavy.
She told me the package would have to be opened and the contents would need to go in two, and possibly three pachages in order to meet the weight requirements.
An alternative was to keep the package as it was, and insure it. If lost, we could only retrieve $47, but the point was, she said, it would be more safe, and could be traced if necessary.
So, that's what I did. It's on the way to "Down Under" as an insured package, and I will be on "pins and needles" until it arrives.
If things go smoothly, I'll get pats on the back for a job well done. If the package never arrives, the Aussies will think of me as the most stupid joker west of the Mississippi.
It was a quick decision, and I hope the right one.
Will be waiting with great anticipation to hear that humpybong received the package.
