You can stay the course and continue to move forward and live your life as if she's not going to return. If she returns, she'll have quite a bit of catching up to do since you will have grown by leaps and bounds.
I'm sorry about your SIL, but if your w chooses to go visit her parents, there's nothing you can do but hope and pray that things will be okay. You can't control her (I know you already know that) and if you were to say something to her about going there, she would be even more determined to do so. She may have just said that to get a rise out of you, but you didn't react.
Let's hope and pray that w/your schedule changes, hers will also change as well.
Yep, ironing sure can wait. I don't know which I detest more...ironing or dusting. LOL!
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
