Mission accomplished! I've spent the last 4 days with my wife and kids, thoroughly enjoying my last taste of mundane family life for a year. Leaving is merely a repeat of [last two entries talking about leaving], so I won't bore you with those thoughts. The really cool part is that my Mom came down to see me off, thanks to my cousin's generosity! (Brian, YOU ROCK!!!)
Mom rented a car on an internet special. The restrictions being that you have to rent for a minimum of three days and you only get 100 miles/day. Perfect. Exactly what Mom needs to come and visit. The hitch is, and you know there's a hitch, is that they put a charge of $250.00 deposit charge on her credit card, which maxes it out and now she has no money for gas or meals because she was gonna use the credit card! We work out a deal, since I need a ride to Phoenix, and the shuttle is gonna cost me at least $25, I'd rent another vehicle on the weekend special, she could turn her vehicle in and free up the credit card. Sounds like a plan. Hitch#2: The credit card company will take up to 5 days to process the "refund" transaction from the car rental company.
Normally, I'd say that both of these companies are just whacked. The car rental company for conducting business that way, and the credit card company for being a slow giant, but so far, this story works out okay. They didn't charge Mom for an exorbitant rental cost (probably close to what she would've paid for the three days, anyways), and the credit company gave Mom an emergency authorization to exceed her credit limit by x-amount of dollars. Hitch #3, but it's livable, is that she'll have to call each day to receive the same authorization for the duration of her trip, or until the refund is credited to her account.
With everything finally taken care of, we pile into the new rental car and head out on the road. The relief of a solution freeing us to talk about other things, like whether or not killing can be moral.
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