My birthday's on Oct 28, and I never got ANYTHING! My older sister's birthday is on July 4 and I used to get really envious because I thought all the fireworks and bbqs were for HER!
I noticed USPS going bad right about when they made the announcement about a month ago, that they were doing some major budget cuts and closing a lot of branches in a few months. I think they're having to reconfigure their hubs, and the addresses that fall through the cracks, they don't do anything about until things actually go bad. Things got messy for me too, at first. They're still a little slower than they used to be, but at least they know where to go with my stuff now. Just hang in there.
FYI, the dead carto from July that I soaked overnight and cleaned in DAWN and the ultrasonic cleaner has actually come back to life. Liquid tastes the way it's supposed to, hit is not too shabby (but not like new)...but it was a major pain to rinse out the soap, so I still probably won't be doing that again...back to the experiments...