How Do You Spell Relief? D-E-L-A-Y!!

When we got home from church this afternoon there was a somewhat frantic sounding message on the phone from the managment company of the townhouse we are moving to.  Apparently when it was arranged for us to take possession of our place tomorrow, no one remembered that it is the Saskatchewan Family Day holiday.  Ergo: there is no one in the office tomorrow to do the walk through and give us our keys etc.

In other words we will not be leaving for our first trip to our new home tomorrow morning after all.  We have to wait until the following day.

This creates a few small possible problems, definitely a couple of disappointments, but the problems may be easily solved.  The management rep we have been dealing with agreed to give permission to the telephone company to come in to do our phone hook up at the arranged time and day even though we will not yet have taken possession of the place.  That kept my husband calm and kept me from feeling like things are starting to fall apart....90 minutes of sleep last night could have created that effect in my emotions had my husband not been able to make the phone arrangement.  Fortunately my husband's assistant is prepared to do the church service here on Tuesday evening and there are a couple of very capable people in our other church who may agree to do the Ash Wednesday service there....Lord willing, anyway.  It will be disappointing to miss the services, particularly as they are very special ones and among the last my husband was to do here, but that is how life goes sometimes.

The GOOD part of this delay is that my husband, who has worn himself ragged today packing up the truck with the first load of boxes we are taking ourselves, can sleep in tomorrow and then get a swack of parish work done in the afternoon and evening. Yes, it takes one day away for parish work at the other end of the week, but if we were going to our new home he would have to set the alarm for early in the morning and we would be on the road all ready after an early breakfast.  He is so tired he is mixing up his words and his face is as white as a sheet.  He didn't sleep much longer last night than I did.

I am so relieved that he has tomorrow to regroup.  I am so relieved we can catch up on our sleep tonight without a big push being forced upon us tomorrow.  I am so grateful that we will not be travelling on the final day of a long weekend holiday. 

Another good point to this delay is that by Tuesday the originally unpredicted, unexpected snowfall that arrived this afternoon and is to carry on for the next 24 hours will be all over and the sun should be shining.  We may not have to face treacherous roads and a miserable unload at the other end of the trip after all.

So far things have worked out or not worked out as planned for good reasons.  I am keeping my tired eyes focused on next weekend's farewell potlucks and social times at our two churches.  If we have to say goodbye there are few ways better to do so than with food and fellowship!!