Waiting for packages

My husband and I are lucky enough to have friends and family all over this world and all over this country. At this time of year as the envelopes and boxes fly from house to house, we all pay a fortune in shipping. Chocolate needed to be delivered to an island in Alaska, someone else needed a special scarf I found. Our distant friends may or may not receive a paper card, some a box or just a call. Others send a bit of this or that to us. The delivery is always interesting with posts, texts, calls and emails confirming sent methods and arrival. Waiting on packages on both ends, they send, we send, arrival to both houses confirmed. So far so good. Everything has arrived.