First, I hope that the first day of the year is going as smoothly as it possibly can for everyone. I whole-heartedly wish for everyone to go into the new year with their bellies full, be well rested, and less stressed. Even taking it one day at a time deserves a massive high five in my opinion, so imagine me giving you one right now. <3
Most of this update will be for the last remaining Canadian backers, since I had a backer reach out for an update this morning, and I just wanted to make sure I kept everyone in the loop. So if you're not interested, you can scroll on down to the "OTHER NEWS" section. Canada we have GOOD NEWS and BAD NEWS.
GOOD NEWS Yes, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' Strike is over...for now! It ended December 17th, which I have been keeping an eye on every day for this news, as most people with packages eager to get them out, have been doing. From what I'm reading though, things were not resolved and may start up again in May...but that's just a little FYI. I can't confirm whether this is true, but it won't be an issue for this project since it will be completed way before that.
BAD NEWS Just because the Strike has lifted, does not necessarily mean that everything is back to normal. Your postal union has A LOT to recover from unfortunately and they couldn't automatically go back into business as usual until the back queues of undelivered mail are taken care of. I'm even reading that some spots in Alberta are still feeling the effects. Due to the fires still being put out so to speak in Canada's post offices, The United States Postal System is STILL suspending packages from being sent, and no shipping labels are even allowed to be bought until they give us the all clear. I know because I've tried several times. Please rest assured, all of these 12 packages are ready to go... they're sitting in my living room, and I can't wait for them to move out lol.
