I filled my churchwarden (long pipe) with a house blend I picked up in Florence, KY and took a walk from my motel room. I found a nice bench in front of a fountain and sat there enjoying my smoke, watching the fountain, and basically just experiencing the peace and quiet for a bit.
There were some nice flowers planted all around, the sounds of birds, people milling around, and the smells of all of these blending with my pipe tobacco to create a perfume unique to that time and place never to be exactly recreated .
It was very relaxing and put everything in perspective for me. So the delivery didn't go as planned. It happens. Now I have three days to relax, finish getting over this bug, and be rested up and ready to run again on Tuesday.
Life is good.