Dear  Victoria:

My Christmas plans is to survive  the  cold (below freezing lately) by  keeping the woodstove going, bringing  wood in every day, one  of my daily task. I will attend  a Christmas party in a week, it’s been a  long time  since I  attended a party. (Last party I regretfully consumed vast amounts of melted  chocolate; nothing like  melted  chocolate…)

Did I understand  correctly: you can make it without financial help from your parents?

I believe  you made the right decision, ending the relationship with your  now ex  boyfriend. Here  is the  evidence  that it is the correct decision: “I have noticed that my anxiety has  decreased, but I am suddenly finding  myself at  the beginning  of a long and rocky road  on my own”-

1. your anxiety has  decreased.

2. You are at the beginning of a  long and rocky road.

I hope you focus on that long and rocky road. I think that your ex boyfriend, for whatever reason, was a distraction from that road.

I will be back in about  fifteen hours. Take good care of yourself!

anita