[Sundae]

For everyone else apart from Limey and Dana; the girls have booked Mum and I into a B&B close to the hospital on the night of my procedure.
We don't have to stress about it running late (don't they always?) or complications, or Mum having to sit alone in a waiting room for 5 hours.

The journey is still a pig, but Mum and I are well used to public transport - she used to go to Spain on holiday by coach every year (23 hours) and you know I've put myself about a bit on trains, coaches and ferries.
This time we can arrive, check in (no need for Mum to even come to the hospital as long as they have her mobile) and know that whatever time I am released I can creep back and sleep.

An overnight stay certainly wasn't in my mind because it wasn't in my budget.
And of all the things I tax my parents with, I never ask them for money now.
Not even on loan.
In fact I am more likely to ask them to hold onto money for me to keep it safe (like for my haircut last week and my bus fare yesterday.)
I'm not drinking it up any more, but I'm still not great with money.

Can you put a price on friendship and peace of mind?
I doubt it.
But I have it.