Sucks about the frostbite, but you absolutely did the right thing...and maybe that thought will give you the warm fuzzies inside
Hope your hands are feeling better this morning and maybe you can still make it, but if you can't everybody understands, and good on you for helping out!
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Jay: Mostly harmless... 
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams