I'm going to throw my two cents in here, because I too am very frustrated. I know a death is a big deal, but Erin knew about the death in the family and yet chose to upload pictures of her ABC Album and post them instead of swapping out earlier this week.
She also said on April 27th:
I just want to update everyone on where we are with this swap...I am waiting on a few more packages. I have sorted what is here. So, when the others get here, I will sort those and swap out. It may not be until after next weekend. I expect the rest of the packages by early next week or so. But, we have lots of baseball next week and then we go away to Maryland Friday through Sunday next week for DS's national wrestling tournament. Depending on time, I will try to have them returned before Maryland, but it may get pushed off until after May 6th. I will keep everyone informed.
I read that to mean that she had swapped what she had and was going to be putting the rest of the items into those packages when she got them. That was just a few groups, if I remember correctly.
Honestly, I don't think Erin was done with her
26 spots in this swap (not to mention the other swaps she was/is in) and has been making up excuses so she could finish them. I would have understood much better if Erin had just said "You know, I'm overwhelmed, it's going to take me a week or two to catch up" and then focused on getting them done instead of posting pictures of her ABC album. That being said, a hostess cannot keep pushing off the due date until it suits her. To quote a mod on this board, "I do however, totally agree and understand your frustration.. while it is just paper, it is also your time, money, effort and it'd be nice to get it back timely especially when you were on time for the original deadline. Yes, life can get in the way...but we all have a number of friends on here we could ask to help take over for us in a bind and box everything up and ship to to keep things running smoothly."
Erin, I'm sorry for your loss. I've said before that it's just paper and I still think that. But, there has to be an end date.
I hope you all won't hate me for saying this, but it's how I feel.