Bedtime Eliot

"I feel very good now. Maybe it's because of my new sense of purpose."
(no idea what book or movie this might have come from!)
"Thanks for turning off those lights. When I cry, it is like looking into a microscope."

She does seem to have a new sense of purpose: she, like Anselm at this age, is "feeling her oats"-- lots of feisty behavior, joyfully positive and sometimes less so (as Anselm commented to Dad--though he is overly shocked at a little high-handedness..not remembering his own behavior at this age), all the emotions amped up high. It's captivating.