Heres a question that might help everyone out:
Speedy-
Im sure you get several orders per day, every day. Im sure you dont hit the post every day, twice a day.
What is your schedule for packaging and sending out orders?
Perhaps this will help those who get anxious understand when orders are processed so they can mentally map out how long they will be waiting.
I always start from the oldest order working towards the newest.
I get up around 5-7am, I answer all emails from through the night, send out payment requests and whatever else.
at 8am I have to take my wife to work, between 8 and 9 I make my kids lunch and get them ready for school, I get them to school at 9am, I get home about 9.30am and begin packaging, my youngest daughter finishes school just before lunch time at 11.45 because she is in the reception class.
I get home for about 12.15 make her lunch and continue packaging. At 3.20pm my oldest daughter finishes school, so I need to have all the orders ready to ship by time i leave to get her so i can stop in at the post office on the way back at around 3.50, this gives the post office enough time to process them.
I make them something to eat and at around 5pm most americans start to come online and Its back to answering questions and emails and sending out payment requests.
My wife finishes work at 5pm and needs picking up, we spend some family time eat main dinner at around 6.30, 7.30 kids to bath and then bed, done by around 8.30.
Come down and continue answering emails payment requests whilst wrapping up packages from orders that have come in that evening.
I ship every day usually, one visit to the post office at around 3.45pm roughly.