Eliza is my housemate. We’ve known each other for two years, ever since she moved to this city knowing no-one at all here, and I think we’ve got to know each other well since then.
Sometimes we seem really close and we talk a lot; at other times we can hardly string a sentence together. Her moods are very up-and-down; more so than anyone else’s that I’ve ever encountered. But there are good reasons for that, beyond the usual “life stuff” – work, money, family, future, and so on – that can make anybody’s moods fluctuate. I know that, and yet I find it difficult to cope the uncertainty and tension that can take over at times.
When she’s on good form, as she has been recently, she’s a kind, warm, funny and wonderful friend to have. This goal is a reminder to myself to be the best friend I can be for her… all the time.
