Never Say That Burning a Goat Doesn't Help

Well, after about a week of butt-clenching excitement - and by excitement I mean utter stress and freaking out - the business card gods have decided to take pity on my mere mortal self and have delivered both parts of my business card order by winged flaming chariot this morning. And by winged flaming chariot, I mean a brown truck driven by a college student with really nice calves, and that works for me too.

Brief recap:

*Need business cards for last day of class (and thereby approval to graduate) by Monday.
*Order cards from OvernightPrints .com on Wednesday for delivery Friday.
*Call Friday evening as cards have not arrived. Ooops, they've not started to print part of the order. Will overnight half of order for Saturday delivery. Will email shipping info or call to say it did not make it out.
*Call later Friday. Entire order was completed and shipped, but won't be delivered until Monday am.
*Start to find the *bad* reviews on the web. Fuck!
*As of Monday, no tracking info available. Call again, missed pick up entirely on Friday, won't be delivered until Tuesday, which is good because the second part of the order is still in QA. WTF?!?
*Very understanding teacher; give her copies once I get cards. Start to frantically look for local printers. Set up fire pit in yard and run to Whole Foods for a high-quality, organic goat.
*Tuesday - dress toga ruined but cards delivered! Hooray!

Moral of the story - hire someone else to do your fucking card designs so you don't find yourself down to the printing deadline wire, use a local printer and not (what turns out to be) an online printing broker who farms out their work, search for reviews - good AND bad - of any company before you use them, and always spot treat IMMEDIATELY after sacrificing, because goats blood sets very quickly.