86. Chemo Life's a Box of Chocolates...with a Carbon Footprint?

 I did not get all of my garden in yet, because we are receiving all the rain we did not get last year now.  Not that I'm complaining: no drought this year!   It may be drier up north?    Now about the chocolates...

Ask any Belgian what they consider to be Vitamin B and C and they will tell you that Vitamin B stands for Beer and Vitamin C is for Chocolate.  Both these "vitamins" are considered staples, national treasures even.  So after last year's surgery, my good friend Myriam S. decided I could use some cheering up and fortification with good old Belgian Vitamin C.  At first she thought she should send a hefty box from Belgium, the real deal, but reconsidered when she found out that the transport would take too long and possibly be costlier than ordering chocolates from Lindt, the next best thing.😏  She ordered on-line, a wise choice, except the purchase order did not include our home or cell phone number and the order ended up being placed in Toronto, Ontario, a good 2,500 km to the east.

A month or so went by and we still hadn't received any chocolates.  My friend was getting worried.  So was I.  She inquired from her side of the Atlantic and when she got nowhere, and I was feeling much better by then, I started making inquiries from this side.  It so happened that the courier company had been at our house twice and with no one home and no phone number to reach us, had returned the package to the warehouse in the city without leaving a message.   By the time I inquired the 2 week wait period in the warehouse had long expired and the package had been safely returned to the place of origin, a 5000 km round trip.  The Lindt Customer Service Person, who was really helpful, asked if I wanted the money back or would I prefer the merchandise?  I chose the merchandise.  The Person said it would go out with their next shipment out West.  I asked if there was a possibility to pick something out of equal value in the store as there is a Lindt store in the city near us.  After some back and forth, I received news that yes, it would be possible to get a nice gift box from the store.  Within a day or 2 the store manager phoned and asked about directions to send the package to our home by courier.  We decided to just go and pick it up at the store instead! 😂

Back tomorrow with possible update on my chemo treatment.