Thanks so much, Yoyo, for not only seconding what the IC advised, but to offer your own insight as well.
And, yes, lwb, Yoyo is indeed brilliant... and so are you.
I find I am less and less worried about all these eggshells, so I have already put my time into our departmental calendar at work to take that weekend as a four-day time off. I am going to see my IL's and my mother whether W likes it our not.
I will be curious to see just when W decides to finally let me know she's going -- she'll cr*p her pants when I tell her I have already prepared to go as well!
