Actually I waved off the seller. I'm not impatient about my shipments and I've waited months for conditions to be right not just on the seller's end and my end, but also at any transfer point.
Yes I'm on VAHerps but I lived in northern VA for many years and even now I'm only five miles from the VA/WV border, just north of Winchester up I-81.
Anyway it sounds like yours is none the worse for wear even with the delay.