The W is out of town for a week. The MIL is in town to help with kids. I've been checking in on them since school let out.

Interesting to see if the W will call me this week. She called to tell me she spoke to the school nurse... Okay? But she just wanted to tell me, I said thank you. She's been like that for the past few weeks since I started going dark. She has been initiating all communication. Again, not sure if she has paid attention or trying to keep me at arms length.

I really like my MIL, she is great to me. She's not happy with the sitch and how W has been acting. I'm not going to talk about W to MIL. I'm sure she has enough to deal with as well.

But I can see that I'm going to have to set some boundaries with W now. I can see how she is starting to treat me as she did when we lived together. Telling me to pay this, pay that, make this appt, make that appt...woah woah woah, tap the brakes.

Again, I don't think she realizes this or not. We'll see when she comes back into town.