Dear Lily:

Accountable! You are welcome to share/ rant here. I am here to read what you share. It is only in the last 10 minutes here, that the sun started to come out and now, in the last minute or so, the sun is shining! (Last night, had wood in the woodstove burning, to warm up the house).

I am impressed that you told your co-worker that you don’t want to talking about your studies. It is okay to tell people that you don’t want to talk about this or that topic. Regarding your two roommates talking with each other privately (last I remember you had one roommate who left. I am guessing having these two roommates is a new situation)- I understand your discomfort about it, but I imagine that they are talking about other things, not about you, and that if they mention you, it is not in a negative, harsh way. Having communicated with you for so long, I can’t imagine anyone talking about you negatively or harshly!

anita