Oh, I wish you could come too! I remember the last costume party of mine you came to, but can't remember whether you were dressed as Orlando or as Cassandra Mortmain. Which makes no sense, because surely they don't look anything alike...?

I am very much not a scrubbing-the-bathroom-for-three-hours sort of a person, unless my mother is coming to visit. Mostly there is a happy medium, yes. Let me guess - does S fall under the fanatical scrubbing ambit, perchance?