Back to square one

So, my sister has a follow up visit tomorrow morning in San Diego. There was no way the doctor could see us in the afternoon (my guess is he's got surgeries scheduled for the afternoon) so Irma and I decided to go down tonight. When we made the drive in rush hour last month, it took almost 4 hours. When we made the same drive with no traffic, but having to stop to walk every half hour (a post-op requirement) it took us about 3-4 hours (we stopped for gas and lunch as well as walking though). So we figured that to get to San Diego for a 10am appointment, we'd pretty much have to leave El Monte at about 5, and we couldn't go far in the carpool lane because we'd have to keep getting out. So we decided to stay the night tonight. We were going to leave when it wasn't too busy on the freeways, and hang out at the hotel. Then Dad said he'd like to go, so we decided to leave a little bit earlier today, go to the mall for a movie, then hang out at the hotel. Then Mom and my Godparents decided to go, and that we should go to Sea World today. Mom says if we go to Sea World, we need to be there when it opens (nevermind that it's buy one day, get the rest of 2006 free) so we'd have to leave El Monte at about 5. Wait a minute, I said, that means I have to leave North Hollywood at about 4. Realizing that my Godfather is well versed in driving the Tahoe long distances (he drove it up from Mexico last year), I said they could leave at 5am, I'd leave my house about 9am, and I'd meet them there. Well, if we're going to have to take two cars, then nevermind, they said. They don't want to go to Sea World if it's half day today, stay in the hotel tonight, then half day tomorrow before coming home. That just won't work, and neither will me meeting them there because it's silly for us to take two cars. So no one's going. I asked if Dad is still going, but we skipped that step in the progression backwards, because he'd feel bad that he's going on a trip and no one else is. So instead I'm going to go pick up Irma now, and we're going to hang out at the hotel, go to the doctor in the morning, then come home. My family's complicated...