My FIL passed in June 2019.  My MIL was notified in Nov that she was eligiable for early retirment with a severence package.  She is one of 6 in her office that received this notification.  She works for a Gannett paper and they are doing a big reduction apparently.

She applied for the early retirement package and her application was accepted. So... she is between jobs.

I put the bug in my DW's ear day before yesterday that it might be nice for us to bring her here for a break and to spend time with us before her job search efforts pick up too much steam. 

DW planted that bug in her ear last evening.  MIL is excited.... so.... it looks like my idea is going to bite me.  As I knew it would.

This should be interesting.