Did someone here order a pallet of breakfast cereal?

Point B - Amman, Jordan

Dan here. The supplementary household effects shipment has arrived! A little less than 2 months ago, while Duffy was resting and relaxing with her friends in DC, I was exploiting my parents, their large pickup truck, and their Costco membership. They graciously gave up their living room, and allowed me to build a mountain of quilted Charmin toilet tissue, family-sized boxes of Cheez-its, and several cases of Kilt Lifter, a tasty Scottish-style microbrew from Phoenix.

Our employer allows us a second shipment like this, provided our first one - our initial move - was under the total weight limit. It is a generous benefit: big burly men bring a giant shipping crate to your home, and hand-pack everything themselves. However, my mom just retired from a civilian job that involved coordinating overseas shipments like this for the military. Having heard more than a few tales of missing items, she kept an watchful eye on the packers. Her diligence paid off: they almost "forgot" to list one of the boxes on the shipment manifest, the box in which they had so carefully packed all the beer.

Thanks to Mom, the beer made it. In fact, everything made it safely, except for the four gallons of laundry detergent. Apparently, one of the boxes imploded in a fury of Mountain Air Scented Tide concentrated detergent, leaving behind only a toilet plunger covered in hardened goo (no, there do not seem to be decent plungers available in Jordan).

Point A - the living room in Phoenix. Thanks again, Mom and Dad

(Note the doomed laundry detergent bottles on the right, rear)