Advice Anyone?

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??

Review: The Last King of Scotland

If you've heard that Forrest Whitaker deserves an Oscar for this baby, well, you heard right. He does an amazing performance as a guy who can go from charming to batshit insane in seconds flat.

FYI: Super graphic material in this baby. I'm not a wimp but I swear I 'bout fainted at one of the torture scenes--my vision got blurry, my ears burned, and I felt totally oogy. But an amazing movie and well-worth the eye-squinching.