rose: we spent an overnight at a cottage with ben, meg and audrey, followed by an evening at beckie's cottage yesterday. it was really lovely.

thorn: for many years, my biggest anxiety was that when people got to know me, they would not like me. eventually, my self-confidence and self-worth improved, as well as my opinion of myself. i do however, feel that this is exactly what has happened with our current downstairs tenant. i feel like when she first moved in, she was very friendly and would interact with us a lot. and over the last month has increasingly grown to dislike us, even disapprove of us. which is hard, because we have tried to be accommodating, understanding, friendly and generous. it has me questioning myself a lot.