Mum emailed me to say she's not in any pain any more. That's a relief. I was planing out how I was going to get up there, if should I rent a car or get an airline ticket. It's exhasting but somewhat easier to drive, I can get there in less than 24 hours and don't have to deal with going though security and sitting around in airports. Somehow driving is easier than waiting around in airports. Maybe becouse I have more control? Be nice if I could fly my own plane. Be even nicer if I could fold a plane into a briefcase they way Felix the cat did.
Baring accidents or illness my relatives lived into their late nineties. My great grandma was 98. Still mom's the oldest That's left of her siblings. Physically my cousins and I have more health problems than our parents did-- junk food, not enough walking, who knows? So I'm sort of ruminating on death but my mood is fine.