[katiesue]

Ugh - my mother's having a retirement party in September. Yay - finally. But getting Maddy and I there sucks. Airfare to Reno - cheapest is $400 for both of us. Rental car - get this - cheapest I can find is hotwire for $128.61 for the weekend. Directly the rental car places are asking $78/day economy. Plus parking here in San Diego is another $35. Plus gas for the rental. Ugh. All for an hour or so party.

It's all this or a 10 plus hour drive each way. Actually longer going up because we can't leave until after Maddy's out of school on Friday which means super sucky traffic all the way up the 15 until you get to 395 pratically.

I'm going of course, already bought the tickets, just lamenting how much it sucks to come from BFE. And why is Reno always so flipin expensive? Oh and there are maybe two non-stops a day the rest are all connections as well. Joy Joy Joy.