Dammit, Clarissa!
I didn't see this thread until just now! (New phone...trying to read on a tiny screen instead of my iPad.)
You have my phone number. (You have Diana's phone number and she can call me.) I have a big comfy car and a pass to use the express lane to get you from Pasadena to Amtrak in LA. (But last time I took that train to AZ, it left at...like...10p.m., so check the schedule.) My house is in chaos...my step-bro has been here since 8:00 a.m. And it's almost 8:00 pm, but we now have heat.
We promised to go watch a 7-year-old, whose daddy can't leave work, in her school's Christmas songfest at about 9:30 Thursday morning. After that, the calendar is empty.
We can pick you up, park you here for a while and then take you to Amtrak.
Let me know.