Hello; Over the years I have ordered live animals or plants at times. Usually wingless fruit flies (drosophila) and a few times plants. Usually for personal use but sometimes for classroom use. My suggestion is to step back from an idea by pausing to consider all of the conditions, not just personal conditions. The shipping companies will (for good or for bad) ship live things during a blizzard. Don't ask me why. I guess a good enough percentage of packages make it.
I did not order during the very cold months. Tried to order during traditional mild months.
Life's ills do not always just happen to us. We do not have overall control, but we do have some input. The world craps on us all to be sure. We cannot avoid all of it, maybe just enough to make things bearable.
Had a close friend. He decided to add a room to his house. He did construction work so had the skills to prepare a foundation. When I stopped by he already had some block laid. I looked over the work and asked if he was not planning to attach the new room to the house. At first he did not understand my question. He had focused too much on the specific work and had not looked at the surroundings. He had set the new footer around a foot or so higher than the level of the existing house.
The new footer was level and the few cinder blocks in place were nice. My friend was not careful about planning things. He also went into serious depression bouts when things went wrong. Another time I helped him fix his car. He was doing some work on the engine and had laid an old-style light on the brake fluid reservoir and went for a break. The incandescent bulb melted the top of the brake reservoir. So, I helped with fixing that.
There is an old saying I may or may not have made up. Most likely picked up from someone else. That being never pick up something heavy before you have a known place to set it down. Especially for glass aquariums. Can be modified to other things.
Good luck.
