My cousin and I had a decent conversation for the first time in... well, weeks. It wasn't just her or me asking a question or saying something, getting a response back, and then both of us carrying on with the rest of the day ignoring each other. We actually talked in the kitchen for a good half hour (maybe it was more?) while we were finishing packing food.
This is how we used to talk. We never used to argue all the time or feel like biting each other's heads off. We are nice to each other when she's not having one of her bipolar moments, but very rarely is she ever in the state she was tonight. She constantly has anxiety, always worrying, always going off the handle because of her bipolarity. It's rare to see her calm like that and being as nice as she was. I just hate that it's not like that more often anymore.