I blew it, I admit it

Okay, I'll admit it. I was thinking all wrong about this trip vis-a-vis my brother. In my own defense, when the idea was first presented to me, it was going to be a last hurrah kind of crazy trip that the twins (he and my little sister) would do together. So that was the general gist of it for me from the beginning.

I have since offered amended terms, and have also learned that the price quote for the car move was a little stale in these days of high gasoline costs. Now it's more like a grand, at a rock-bottom price. In any case, he has work issues that will keep him from making the trip at all.

Instead, we'll be leaving the car with a friend up north for a week or so, and then someone whom I know but have never met will fly in, pick it up, and drive west. Gotta love that Radio Paradise crowd, most of whom are likely certifiably insane. Anyway, I'm covering one-way airfare and fuel, he's going to take some short side trips to meet some other Peeps, and if all goes well we'll have our car out there by the weekend before the Memorial Day holiday.

I have myriad reasons to trash talk about my brother, but this mis-communication and crossed-wires plan shouldn't be one of them.