Show them the picture of the parts, might be an enthusiast making the decision and let you off
Catch the flue, etc...just ask to go when you are well, still do the duty, just a different time!
Dang sweet stuff you have on the way, I wish I was going to be here long enough to meet up, not looking like it.
If not for moving soon I would offer to let you come down and use my shop, huge help having a lift and all the tools right on hand, cool place to work, tunes, good beers in the evenings....