history: looking for a mailed check that hasn't yet arrived. i needed it before i left town for a weekend. it's annoying isn't it? You're expecting a check or something else to be delivered to you based on what you were told and yet it looks like that schedule won't be adhered to. That's where I was a few weeks ago. Yes that is annoying! How long did you have to wait?
current: the darned thing arrived while i was out of town. 
next: Wow, thats no fun at all. I guess you could look at it as money saved.