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Attack of the Stealth Ninja UPS Guy
Dec. 14th, 2004 12:20 pmSo, the CEM (copy-edited manuscript) of Mélusine was supposed to arrive today. I knew this because my editor kindly emailed to tell me so.
I camped out on the couch in the living room, since we don't have a doorbell, and I know from experience that a knock at the front door carries to the study as a muffled thumping that might be the furnace or a cat or a noise in, you know, somebody else's house.
Got some work done (642 words, after 1,075 yesterday). At noon, got up, wandered into the foyer, noticed through the frosted glass of the front door, a white and bulky object.
The ms. Left like a foundling on the porch.
Now, okay, clearly I didn't need to sign for it, and this is a small and law-abiding town. I'm used to delivery people simply leaving things on the porch like that. But I was sitting by the front window, ears cocked, attention easily snagged, watching, and I didn't even see the guy. Didn't hear him come up on the porch. Didn't hear or see the truck.
Don't get me wrong. I'm glad it's here, glad it got here safely, glad UPS is doing its job. But what the hell, man?
I camped out on the couch in the living room, since we don't have a doorbell, and I know from experience that a knock at the front door carries to the study as a muffled thumping that might be the furnace or a cat or a noise in, you know, somebody else's house.
Got some work done (642 words, after 1,075 yesterday). At noon, got up, wandered into the foyer, noticed through the frosted glass of the front door, a white and bulky object.
The ms. Left like a foundling on the porch.
Now, okay, clearly I didn't need to sign for it, and this is a small and law-abiding town. I'm used to delivery people simply leaving things on the porch like that. But I was sitting by the front window, ears cocked, attention easily snagged, watching, and I didn't even see the guy. Didn't hear him come up on the porch. Didn't hear or see the truck.
Don't get me wrong. I'm glad it's here, glad it got here safely, glad UPS is doing its job. But what the hell, man?
