Quote:
"Am I capable of not behaving like a toddler monkey or does the prospect of actually behaving like some sort of mature 42 year old woman who might say something like "A surprise, how pleasant. I shall calmly look forward to its revelation on Saturday." (as she looks up from her needlework or something like that )

LOL! MJ, your writing cracks me up. You REALLy should be doing NaNoWriMo this year - check it out:
http://www.nanowrimo.org

Ellie