It sounds like there's some good and some not-so-good things going on with your sisters. I'm glad that you don't live closer, so you are not in the thick of it all the time

It's wonderful that you are grateful to your sisters' husbands for being there for your mom. Not everybody is like that, Donna.
It will be nice for you all to get together the weekend of your mother's birthday

I'm sorry you are still battling that cold
How long has it been now?

I would stay in a hotel, too... just for the lack of TV and internet alone.