I pray I get sick so they don't want to come. (The thought of being around them usually makes me feel ill, and oddly enough I am almost always sick the rare times they want to visit us, lol). Or else I pray there is a conflict in schedules so I/we/they can't be 2 places at once. I don't have a MIL or a FIL, but the other in-laws? They are the reason I screen all phone calls and keep all the doors locked. If I don't? They are prone to just walk into the house!! Case in point--5 minutes ago one of them tried the lock!! They never learn. Despite being educated/told, they try and do what they want. They drive me craaaaazzzzzzyyyy! I don't invite them to anything. I tolerate the rare times I'm stuck with them. I would never pick these people to be my friends. We had another in-law visiting the other day from a distance. I had to sit through a dinner out. Not once did he stop talking long enough to consider the 3 other people at the table!! And nor did he apparently realize I was so bored that I was cleaning out my purse at the booth! Lol. I had already listened to him remark a couple of times that "He's been told a few times that he's arrogant and talks a lot." Hmmmm....and I never said a word, lol. In-laws begone, lol. I won't even go into all the havoc they created before we married and then on the day of our wedding itself!! One of them even created a scene outside the church steps! Crazy nutbars...not much has changed on their end either. On my end? I stopped making any efforts long ago. I don't send Christmas cards or gifts anymore, or birthday stuff, I don't call them on the phone, and I don't initiate anything. I stay out of their way as much as possible. And I've long thought how my spouse is normal and not adopted, lol.

Dog, file box of key documents (we keep them in one box from habit - we used to live in a high risk bushfire zone) and a figurine that belonged to my great grandmother.

Go for a 5km walk around Carine Open Space with my weighted backpack, hiking poles and Snowee, whilst mentally planning about my next hiking adventure. Problems disappear.

Our floors are concrete, so I encourage people to keep them on. Tradesmen always take theirs off, but not because I ask them to do so. It seems to be out of respect and probably what they were trained to do.