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Have special lunch with the Contessa so that we can Discuss book. Am very nervous until the Contessa says that we should have wine. This takes away nervousness completely until realize that we don't get to just drink, we also have to discuss. The Contessa dives right in, before we've ordered or have even water. The Contessa says that she loves the book. Loves it. At one point it made her so scared that she had to hide it in the bathtub. (Why the bathtub? So that it couldn't get out. During the discussion itself, the logic of this statement makes sense but later, does not hold up at all.)At praise, feel surge of energy--water arrives and drink it down in one gulp--and brain produces highly unlikely sequence of events culminating in highly successful around the world trip with Dave (Jenny will stay with the Contessa and get fat.) Ask The Contessa if she has any suggestions. She has a few. She marked up the text--little grammatical errors, and the like. She's sure I know all the rules about commas, right? Nod head curtly, say, Of course I do. (What are the rules?) Ask Anything else? Well, she says, There are few Small Things. On further discussion it is reavealed that the Small Things are rather major structural issues. Become very, very depressed and bitter. Brain, this time less helpfully, provides alternate sequence of events which ends in sad and poorly attended funeral. You'll be able to do these changes in no time, the Contesa says brightly. Thank her for her help (try not to imagine that she is run down by recklessly driven taxi.)