Sent Packing

We are going to my in-laws' place next week and I'm doing all the running around. Listing, ordering, shopping, packing, giving pep talk on behavior to children...Nothing new but just that I got only about a week's notice this time. Before that P was quite clear we weren't seeing his folks this time. He's been miffed with them since our last visit and has hardly spoken to them decently. Then last weekend my sister-in-law gave us a surprise visit. It wasn't to be a surprise but she had no choice because P wasn't picking up her calls anyway. Her agenda was clear; to make P show himself back home. They argued the whole of afternoon but by the end of it she got what she wanted. But how it'll all turn out once we go there is anybody's guess. Rishi and I are keeping our fingers crossed.