Brave move

On Tuesday night, Hubby got a sms from OBIL. On FIL's instruction, asking why we so long never go back home.

Hubby smsed something back and then that's it. So I urged him to call the PIL assuring them that we are ok, just that we are both so busy with school that we really have no time to go back even for dinner.

Our current weekly routine stands as this...
Monday - my lessons at SIM, Hubby at home
Tuesday - Hubby to revise for exam, I do my revision / TMA (only night when both Hubby and I are at home together after work!)
Wednesday - Hubby exam, I settle the laundry
Thursday - my lessons at SIM, Hubby lessons at SMA
Friday - I go for body sculpt, hubby do revision
Saturday - Hubby full day lessons, me settle household chores then mass and dinner
Sunday - Hubby full day lessons again and I do revision / TMA then dinner at my parents only cause it's walking distance from our nest

See? Not say we don't want to go, but there's hardly a night where we are together already, how to have time to for dinner at PIL's place?

We used to go on Tuesday coz that's day off for MIL. But with hubby's exam on every Wednesday, the time spent travelling is really spent on revision instead.

On Wednesday, while I was having dinner, a sudden thought creep into my head. It says "give a call to PIL to tell them why we've not been going back" I was not willing to do that! But the thought remains, like something that grew root there and I can shake it off.

Gingerly, I picked up the phone... and proceed to put it down, with the thought, it's PIL, hubby's parents, it's better that he speak to them. Yet the thought just won't go off. Picked up the phone again and this time, I dialled.

One ring. Two rings. Three rings and my heart lightened. Maybe there's no one at home I thought happily. But it got through and MIL answered. My heart quickened and sank at the sametime. No choice, cannot hang up.

Heck la. Just do it. Talked to her, explained to her. Told her that FIL asked OBIL to sms hubby. I also told hubby to call them. But hubby din want to. So I call and tell them all is well. Just that we are both so overwhelmed with school and work, really don't have the time. Even gave her a day by day report that we are busy.

Chatted for a good 30 mins. LONGEST I've ever held a conversation with MIL and then hang up. Talked about nitty gritty things. Exams, studies, chores, prices and even the AMK Market that got burnt down.

Finally hang up and I think it was a pretty good conversation. I hope she don't think that I'm being inteferring. Just that I feel since Hubby so lazy and don't bother to call and they are worried, I might as well tell them. Rather than they "searching high and low" for us and give them the impression that we don't want to go back. Might as well let them know how busy we are.

I'm still not sure if this is the right move I've made. Would I be sending them the signals that they are loosing their son? Would I give them them the impression that I'm calling the shots (though most of the time, I am la, but they don't need to know ma). Anway, I think it was a reckless and kind of silly move I made. By making that call.

Still not sure what made me do it. But that thought just plonked itself in my head and cannot be shaken off!

Anyway, what's done is done. If they don't like it also no choice. I called already. But my real motive was really to assure them that we are ok. Just very busy with school work. Not that we are ignoring them lor. I cannot help it if they want to think otherwise right?