I must....

Make allowances. Phone call this morning from my mum, conversation went like this..

Mum 'I had a conversation yesterday with a lady at the bingo about how expensive my travel insurance is, she said she doesn't pay that much and she is elderly.'

Me 'How old is she, and what ailments has she got'

Mum 'Oh she's in her 70's (Mum is 82) and I don't know whats wrong with her.?'

So, I again spent nearly an hour on the computer checking out travel insurance for her, found a company that would insure her, with all that's wrong with her for 270 pounds for 15 days.

I rang her tonight to tell her this and she was pleasantly surprised, so she started talking about coming out in May, not a problem for us, but I did point out that Roy and I would be heavily involved with our golf during May, as not only will I be organising our weekly games, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as our organiser is away, Roy and I will also be playing on two consecutive Sundays as we are in a tournament and we have to play or we don't get into the final or have an invite to the gala dinner.

I said she could come over but we would not be here to run her about as we usually do, our house and garden are big enough that she can potter and our neighbours would be here so she would have someone to talk to. She has finally decided that she will not come over in May, as she would be 'on her own' too much.

What frustrates me, is that she never tells people the whole story about her not coming over in May, it's not just the insurance, it's the fact that I will not be available to run her here, there and everywhere. You'd think that at 82, she would be happy to come out and sit and enjoy the sun and go out for meals.

I wouldn't be surprised if I get a phone call again telling me that she has had a conversation with someone about travel insurance.

Rant over.