and the usual MIL kissassery has begun. Like clockwork she starts trying to play Miss Nicety Nice to get me into the mommy role for skid. Yeah, not happening lady.

So, last night DH sprung it on me last minute that his parents were going to stop by. Fine. I've succumbed to just sitting and listening to them talk, occasionally smiling, doing my best to not engage in any conversation. Before leaving, she tells us about this beach trip apparently all of us are attending in August. She goes on to tell us how my BIL, DH's brother, told her he wasn't too sure he and his family would be able to attend since his fiancé is graduating in a month and will most likely be looking at immediate job placement at a hospital. MIL's response? "So I told him, you just need to tell her she's going to have to walk into her job interview requesting those days off."

I look at DH with a blank "wtf?" state. Her poor attempts at assertiveness are comical.

They leave. And I ask DH about this beach trip. He states it's the first he has heard of it. I highly doubt it, as they go in to my husband's restaurant 2-3 a week to eat and gab amongst themselves. Pretty sure this isn't true, but whatever, I already know I'm not going. He, on the other hand, is more than welcome to go and I tell him this. Seriously knowing how much he'd hate it. The one and only time I participated in this trip, I deeply regretted it. We shared a hotel room with his parents and skid. MIL was also a royal passive aggressive you know what, stomping off slamming doors like a 13 year old when DH put his foot down regarding BM's intrusive contact during everyone's vacation.

Apparently MIL forgets that she brought up the beach last year and I told her to her face "After how you acted on our last trip? No thanks, I'll pass."

So skid will be here at the end of the month. I'm sure the day after school gets out, because BM can never get her on a plane fast enough. He and BM are battling the visitation length because 6 weeks is nearly not enough for BM, even though that's what the CO states. DH has skid enrolled in day camp all summer, because he works 6 days a week, 8-12 hour days. I'm disengaged, so I'll keep myself and our toddlers busy with age appropriate activities for them.