Musical Mail

The legs were better today, if only due to the easier pace of the Wednesday ride. It was fairly cool, at least my my standards, but certainly not what you'd mistake for COLD. That will come later, I'm sure. I was comfortable with the long-sleeved Pearlizumi Kodiak jersey over a summer jersey, and although the cotton DeFeet shoe covers weren't essential, I was glad that I wore them. Otherwise, it was just another nice moderate-paced weekday training ride on a day of marvelous weather with clear blue skies, a light breeze and mild temperatures. Sadly, I spent pretty much the whole of the day inside at work.

Around midday I decided to take another shot at tracking my missing bike stuff order from Excel Sports. This time it showed an actual delivery date and location. Here's what it said:

Summary: Your item arrived at the JACKSON, LA 70748 processing center at 8:02 am on November 28, 2005 and is ready for pickup. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.
Detail: Acceptance, November 07, 2005, 5:25 pm, BOULDER, CO 80301
Detail: Electronic Shipping Info Received, November 07, 2005

So even though I had sent in an online change of address to the U.S. Postal Service, this package still got forwarded to Jackson, LA, taking 21days to arrive. Twenty-one days! Any guesses on how long it will take to get re-forwarded back from Jackson to New Orleans? I think it's cute that they refer to the "Jackson processing center." I suppose they mean the two people who work at the post office there. On the plus side, I'm sure that the folks at the post office in Jackson will remember me and my forwarding order.

It'll be chilly again tomorrow morning. I hope the long ride isn't too brutal.