He tricked me again!

God has an incredible ability to get done whatever he wants with or without my help.
We went to Denver this last weekend for a friend's wedding. My wife was going to sing in the wedding. The timing could have been better for us, I mean we just moved to Omaha. I don't have a job yet even. We're not exactly swimming in xtra cash, but these are the things you do for friends and they were picking up the Hotel! So we drive for 8 hours with our 6yo, 2yo, & 3mo. I decided to chill out about setting land speed records and we had a good trip out stopped to pee every 10 minutes or so, bought candy at the truck stops, you know all that stuff that totally rocks when you're 6. We get there Saturday, my wife leaves us at the hotel to go to the rehearsal. Me and the kids go swimming, get ice cream, and some mini-pepsis. She comes and gets us for the rehearsal dinner. We are about an hour late to the dinner and get to say about 5 words to the bride and groom. Next day we get up and go to the park, the kids play on a playground and my wife and I and the baby sit in the shade and read and relax. AWESOME! We go to the store, swim again, and leisurely start getting ready for the wedding. Time comes and we get in the van and drive to the church. When we arrive some wierd guy is carrying the wedding presents out to his van. What kind of wierdo loads up the wedding presents before the wedding is even started? As we walk across the parkinglot to the church the bride's sister comes out and asks "Are you OK?" Oh $#!+ WE MISSED THE WEDDING! These kind friends buy us hotel rooms so we can come be a part of their most important day and where are we sitting in our underwear on the hotel bed watching reruns of reruns of fear factor. We went ahead and went to the reception and had a good time. They could have cared less, our mistake wasn't going to ruin their special day. It was right around then I realized why we were in Denver. We were not in Denver for this wedding. We were in Denver because God knew our family needed some R&R together and we were too stupid to take it. He tricked me again!
Thank you God it was just what the doctor ordered.
On the Pinto front I was able to get the throttle cable I needed from Napa for about $50 new. The Pinto one was 24" and the Mustang one was 31" long. Otherwise they are very nearly exactly the same. I haven't installed it yet though. Maybe tomorrow.
Till next time...