Singling Fedex out in this instance is perhaps a bit unfair, because they're far from the only company offering tracking information when a parcel is sent. But they are involved on this particular parcel, plus it keeps the title of the post shorter.

My wedding ring is being mailed to me via Fedex. It took several weeks of searching and calling around and trying things on and whatnot, but in the end it came down to two candidates: a ring in Townsville (QLD) to be made by my good mate Kalina's father versus a ring to be made in the USA where I actually got to choose each individual diamond (more stressful than exciting, as it turns out).

In the end, as I referenced in another post, what made the decision was palladium. I really did want a ring made in palladium and between the two options, that left me with the USA one.

After some to-ing and fro-ing about certain diamonds not being available and getting suitable alternatives and whatnot, I received a shipping notification and tracking information from Fedex late last week.

I have checked the Fedex tracking information at least thrice a day since then, following this tiny shiny thing across the US, through to Singapore, and as of the writing of this post it's currently in Belmont, WA. Guys, I drove through Belmont today, which is rare because I very seldom drive to work.

I PROBABLY DROVE RIGHT PAST MY RING AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT.

The status is listed as "In Transit" but it also says "Clearance in Progress". That was at 01:33 this morning and there have been no updates since then. So is it in a truck now and the website just didn't update? DOES THAT MEAN IT'S ON ITS WAY NOW? COULD THERE BE A PROBLEM WITH THE CLEARANCE? WHAT DOES CLEARANCE EVEN MEAN? WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG? WHAT DID I DO WRONG?!

Tracking information is one of those curse-as-blessing things that looks amazing and useful but, for me at least, actually causes an undue amount of stress and over-excitement. What this means is that if I don't get my ring within the next 24 hours, oh my gosh I'm going to be SO UPSET, probably more upset than I would have been had I not known that it's somewhere in Perth right this minute!