have a healthier relationship with my mother

I just read this book by Deborah Tannen on Mothers and Daughters in conversation. It was helpful, but sometimes my mother just irritates me so much that I find myself incapable of applying any of the lessons I learned from the book. However, I do still the book is worth it – and all my friends have borrowed it and say the same thing. So it’s a start, I guess.

I should add my brother, too. He’s here visiting right now, and I just sort of get the feeling that he is really taking advantage of me. I doubt that this is intentional on his part – probably just the result of the self-absorption common to most teenagers. But it still irks me.