We are going away tomorrow for 3 weeks and I am busy packing for 4 and cleaning for the house sitters and sorting out the dogs (videos for the house-sitters, grooming etc). The workload is always more than I imagine.
Mil knows this has been in the diary since we booked it at Easter and we all agreed we would see each other in the week before our trip. However, mil decided last minute she was going to go away with the sil for a week, which was fine, but when she came back late on Saturday afternoon, she texted to say I still hope to see you before you go on Tuesday morning. So...Sunday morning, she went to church, then we had a village fete/kids sports day on Sunday afternoon and now today is focussed on leaving first thing tomorrow when we will have over a 12 hour drive to France . I have said to mil that I need to see if I can shuffle things around but the truth is its very difficult with 5 year olds. She is not impressed. To be fair, she has recently had surgery and she has had poor health since fil died two years ago.
AIBU to not want to fit her in at the last minute or am I being mean? DH wants to drop in for a cup of tea this afternoon which would be a stretch but do-able but I feel there is an entitlement at play.
For context, we would only normally see her twice a month and she lives a 35 minute drive away. She is usually very independent and enjoys seeing the grandchildren but on her terms. We last visited her two weeks ago.