Hey T, when she said "I do like to know when they are traveling.", you can use that as a springboard to discuss that you also would like to know when they are traveling and then give her a very concise summary of where you are going and approximately when you expect to be home.
You would have to hunt through my thread, but, I had a friend from Australia in town and I got my Mom to come and watch the kids. W was up in the mountains and a guy she knows paid. I don't know anything more than that Friday night, she talked to the kids. Saturday night Mom had the kids at her brother's house and W didn't get to talk to them. Sunday night, no one heard the phone and I was ignoring W's phone calls. Into this along with a little alcohol, she decided that I was vindictively withholding the kids from her. In reality I thinking that it was more from her guilt. I didn't tell her I was going to be out on Sunday night too because I didn't want to listen to her complaining about how often I go out.
The point of this story is to point out how easily we can let our fears run away.
Friday night, she talked to the kids. Saturday night Mom had the kids at her brother's house and W didn't get to talk to them. Sunday night, no one heard the phone and I was ignoring W's phone calls. Into this along with a little alcohol, she decided that I was vindictively withholding the kids from her. In reality I thinking that it was more from her guilt. I didn't tell her I was going to be out on Sunday night too because I didn't want to listen to her complaining about how often I go out.