No Road Trip After All

It's official.  The road trip to Regina has been cancelled.  Our car is still in pieces over at the mechanic's.  The parts won't be in until the day of our Regina meetings and it could be the day after that before we have transportation again.

I am relieved that our car is fixable.  I am relieved that the hotel was willing to cancel our entire reservation at no charge even though we were a bit late calling them while we dithered around here trying to decide how much stress and work to take on still trying to get to Regina.  We have only ever twice borrowed someone else's vehicle to go on a road trip and experienced break downs both times, so despite an offer from here of a beater even older than the one we are currently driving, we decided not to do it. (and no, there are no car rentals here)

My husband is disappointed to have to let down his colleagues and to miss the important meetings, but in actuality we are wondering if this is a blessing in disguise.  Sometimes there is a good reason why something planned and expected doesn't work out.  We will get a good workout in the morning walking on our 12 block round trip on the snowy ice to the physiotherapist's office at the hospital.  Maybe my husband will be able to get caught up on long overdue responses to work emails. Maybe he will be able to get a little extra rest.  His class out of town on Thursday was all ready covered by another staff when we thought we would be in Regina.

It is interesting how when we are trying to trust God for outcomes we can give up important meetings and the fun of a road trip without feeling overwhelmed by disappointment or anger or frustration. We must be experiencing some level of success with that in this instance.  Once we got over the shock of the change of plans we started to feel that perhaps things are working out just as they should be. Feeling peaceful is a wonderful thing.