MWNN had the phone call last night, asking him to go over. Not to help care for his dying mother, but to help the Irish-Sis-in-Law pack her belongings in the house that has been sold following her separation from her husband.

So, he's booked on a Saturday flight and returns Tuesday, though I suspect it'll be after that, whatever happens to his mother.There may well be a funeral to attend if this mornings health-bulletin are to be believed. He's resolved he's not going to be dragooned into helping with the packing. If it is the case that mother is dying, how could he possibly leave irishnoodles to cope with that alone? There's the shopping and cooking to be done for one thing.

Onto nicer things and the next chapter of Soul Searching