It's not uncommon for a 2-day package shipped on Friday and due for delivery on Tuesday to be delivered a day early, on Monday. It just depends on whether they have extra room ... or if they need to make room. You can trace the tracking number Monday morning to see if it's "out for delivery." If so, you'll probably see it heading to your city the night before ... or it could even have arrived in your city on Saturday. If it makes it to your city early, they'll probably try to deliver it Monday ... but they don't have to.

If you're lucky, you can have a package rerouted for pickup at a station on the delivery due date instead of home delivery. They don't have to do it. FedEx can do it. But for some reason UPS will *always* refuse to reroute anything to a station for pickup before they've made the first delivery attempt.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. If FedEx says they can't do it, then just chill out. The only one who can *demand* an en-route re-route is the Sender.

Since all FedEx packages require a signature unless you either have a signature release on file or the Sender has waived the signature, well, then you can be SOL unless you have a neighbor who will sign for it. If that's the case, and a signature is required, then put a note on your door telling them which neighbor to deliver it to ... and the neighbor will have to sign for it. Put the tracking number on the note, so they'll know it's from you and not from a neighbor trying to steal your packages.

If you're on good terms with your delivery person(s), then they can "forge" your signature on that device they carry. But that's violating company policy so they usually won't do that unless you express your appreciation by being nice to them, giving them a Xmas card with cash inside, etc. If they know you, they'll probably follow your instructions and leave the package wherever you say. It'll save them a trip back to your house, and also make less work of their unloading the truck at night and loading it up again the next day, so they're motivated to get the package delivered ASAP.

Be nice to your delivery people. Put some cash in their Xmas cards.