Jumping timelines?

[ThePaladin]

At the end of May, I ordered a bunch of stuff online. Paid for it, had the charge show up on the credit card, copied the confirmation page and put it in my Documents folder, got the confirmation email, got the shipment tracking number email, told my DIL that I was expecting a big box of stuff, and settled back to wait. Realized a few days ago that the order still hadn't arrived and decided to contact the customer service department to find out what was up with the delay. First, however, I wanted to make sure I had all the relevant info, like order reference number and so on.

Well, I couldn't find the confirmation email. Nor did I find the shipment tracking email. I checked all my email accounts, on the off chance I used one of those instead of the one I use when I order stuff online. Nope, no emails. Oh-kay. I checked the credit card account. No charge listed. Checked my Documents folder for the saved confirmation page copy. Nope, nothing there. Mentioned it to DIL and she just gave me a blank look. It was like the order never happened yet I distinctly remember ordering from the company and taking all the steps I normally take when I order online, just in case there's a problem down the road.

I may have jumped a timeline, kids. I do wish the PTB would give me a head's up when that happened so I didn't waste time wondering if I went nuts.