I'm bored as HELL! I'm at work, and the only thing that entails today is telling a tech guy to change a tape every hour and a half. The rest of the time I'm just fooling around on the computer.
I agree... Your mom might be willing to give up a holiday or two for the sake of your marriage. I can't imagine her knowing the facts and not willing to budge a little. Does she know about everything that's going on?