Next week I need to go to the local hospital for a series of tests. The test are just montoring for an ongoing condition, there's no real possibility of any kind of very bad news, therefore I don't need handholding. Also none of the tests are more invasive than having blood taken, and none of them involve any kind of sedation that could make me sick or woozy.
I'm planning to take a taxi to the hospital (DH needs the car for work) then DH is coming home from work early to pick DD up from school so he'll pick me up when I'm finished. If the hospital are really quick, unlikely I know, and he's not home by the time I'm finished I'll either get another taxi home or the bus. I'm expecting a long, dull day of sitting around waiting for tests then waiting for the results, and will be taking my Kindle to keep myself amused.
The problem is both my mum and my best friend are insisting that I need to be driven to the hospital and "kept company" for the day, and are acting quite offended that I've refused this. I think they think I'm being some kind of martyr in refusing their admittedly very kind offers, but really I'd just rather go on my own, it'll be much easier.
DM lives about twenty miles away and works full time, so she'd have to take time off work, even if she just drove me to the hospital. DM is also the kind of person who always worries where the nearest loo is in case she needs to go, or where she can get something to eat or drink in case she feels "funny" or gets dehydrated, and I know she'd spend the day fussing about these type of things, which in turn would make me stressed.
BF has two pre school aged DCs, so she'd either have to find someone to look after them, or bring them with her. I don't think anyone at the hospital would appreciate me turning up with two unnecessary bored toddlers 
. She's also a terrible time keeper, and we would most likely be screeching into the hospital car park two minutes before my first appointment. I'm used to her timekeeping and accept it as part of her, but I don't want to be late.
I don't think I'm BU to want to go by myself, am I?