Well she's also lived in Minnesota for a few years, which is apparently rife with calm and ease and lacking in that sense of drama that infests the Mid-Atlantic. No danger of overemoting there, so no stress, no... why the hell am I here still?

Ah. I like that. See, blaming the consumption of massive quantities of maple sugar and being post sugar crash docile seemed way WAY too easy. I'll have some of that beer/water, if you please. ;)