Sorry to hear your mom is being stubborn, hopefully more time there might help her have some kind of realization. Maybe it's a blessing she's in there for the first part of the holidays, gives you time to just be thankful for YOU, and do things that YOU want to do. Roomie: I guess you could ask him out right about how he feels (I am assuming you have some kind of romantic feelings for him), but if he isn't being open about it now, I don't know what asking him about it will accomplish. I spent 5 years trying to do that, pry into someone and get to a place he just never wanted to be. Once I had an experience that was so totally opposite of "emotional-unavailability", I can see how much time I wasted trying to get into the heart of a completely closed off person. It's nice to have your feelings and emotions reciprocated for once
Happy Thanksgiving, and let's be thankful that we still have so much time left in our lives that we can work on having future *happy holidays* filled with people who love and respect us. Until then, here is a Thanksgiving *hug*, and wishes for a peaceful quiet day for you