Update Monday Feb 13
So I made this thread on Saturday the 11th in the afternoon, at the time my order was still listed as pending, and I had heard nothing back.
I got an email that night at 9:00pm from SMG notifying me that it shipped, and a follow up from Andrew Sunday evening letting me know it had gone out on Friday the 10th.
So, looks like he is working late nights and weekends and is not communicating as effectively as he normally does.
Like I said, he normally is very responsive - it had me worried to getting told something had shipped and then hearing nothing. I am brushing this off - sometimes things fall through the cracks.
Thanks everyone,
-Josh