Future lady is still channeling the parental ego! Not too much changes in the future ;-) Maybe present-day narrator will grow to a place where s/he doesn't need to be told to clean up after her/himself.

It is challenging to figure out how much we can change our ways or make a difference. I pulled together a collection of quotes on the subject this morning at Disruptive Dissertation (http://disruptivedissertation.blogspot.com/2014/09/stuck-in-globe.html).