I feel violated

Just as I set out today my clutch began slipping -- car refused to go into gear, began emitting horrible smell, an ominous, irregular "clunking" sound started up whenever the car idled. Am sitting in mechanic's waiting room slowly absorbing the news that fixing this will run me $1500 and require me to delay my trip by one day -- at least. Hard to imagine a worse time for this expense.

Plus all the bittersweetness and glory my departure may have engendered in my loved ones is now automatically replaced by anticlimax and annoyance.