According to the FedEx website, the guitar has been on the delivery truck since 5:32am last Saturday. And this information hasn't changed since—see how too much information can make the anticipation worse?

Anywayz, a little backstory going back two weeks: the musical instrument dealer made a first attempt at mailing my new guitar through the US Postal Service. According to the USPS website, the guitar was "delivered" on August 11th, which means someone actually received and signed for it. That person however was not me.

Thing is I live in a large condo complex with four buildings with addresses that vary by only 1 digit. The concierge at my building suggested I go visit the other buildings. He also suggested another apartment complex a block away which has a similar address. The concierges at the other buildings in my complex were very willing to help me out. The desk attendant at the apartment complex across the street (she doesn't deserve the privilege of being labelled a concierge) wasn't very accomodating. When I explained my situation, she didn't even take a moment to look at the past week's parcel delivery records. She just looked at me without batting an eye, "No, I don't have a package for you." Ugh.

Now I could've let the USPS handle it all, but I couldn't relax with the thought of someone else signing for my guitar and doing God knows what with it: keeping it, selling it...who knows? I even went as far as checking Ebay several times to see if someone in my neighborhood was selling a flamenco guitar of the same model and year (sounds like I'm talking about cars, but don't laugh—some guitars can cost as much as car these days).

I did visit two of my nearest post offices. One said they would investigate and that it would take 30 days. The musical instrument dealer also called the post office and informed me that he expected to hear back in about 3 days. But the post office never called me back—but I wasn't too surprised. They probably have people like me asking about lost packages all the time. I even talked to the postal carrier who personally delivers to my building and he he assured me that he would remember a guitar size package. If my expected delivery was just a tiny little envelope, I could understand how it could've "slipped throught the cracks" but a guitar-size package...I don't think so.

I never found out what happened to my guitar on August 11th, but thankfully the musical instrument dealer had insurance and went ahead and sent me another guitar last Friday via Fedex with an expected delivery for today (Monday). I checked with the concierge when the morning Fedex delivery arrived. But no guitar. The afternoon Fedex delivery is at 4:00pm (it's now 3:51 as I type these words).

OK, it's 4:00pm now . Time for me to go check with the concierge again. Stay tuned for an update!