Mom at hotel
I was accepted at an out of state college so mom volunteered to drive me there. It was more than one days drive so we reserved a hotel room halfway there. We loaded the car and the first day of driving went well and we pulled in to the hotel at 8 pm. Mom checked in and we were supposed to have a two room suite but due to a scheduling error, only single rooms with a single queen bed were available. Mom asked if there were any other hotels with rooms available but the clerk said that there was a convention and very few rooms were available. “It’ll be okay honey,” mom told me, “we can share the bed for one night.” “Maybe we could get a cot?” I asked. The clerk said they …