Advice Anyone?

[caitri]

So the plan is for me and Scott to go to GA for Thanksgiving and CO for Christmas. Just because that's what days off are like, I'll therefore be spending like 3 days back home and then a week meeting Scott's folks. (He's very excited about this.) I talked to Mom tonight though and she's kind of upset that this is the first Christmas I won't be home--there was snifflinf involved. I was surprised she was that way about it as we'd been discussing it a while. Long story short she offered to pay for the extra trip if I took another plane ride from CO to GA for the 26th to the 29th.

I feel kinda trapped in a no-win here. If I take the trip Scott will be disappointed; if I don't Mom will be. This is balanced also with the fact that I can spend the rest of my life with Scott but my Mom's probably only got a few years left (she turns 70 in February, though she remains in largely good health).

Anyone got any advice on how to navigate this baby??