You wait and see.

Could you slow down a little?

When company's expected

I'll tell you, these old bones could sure use a respite.

If your plumber tells you this, because you called him to fix a broken shower, and first he doesn't do anything for two hundred days but still he asks you money for it and then he tells you you should take it slow and think about how best to start, you would sue him, wouldn't you?