Very confusingly, my mother has been...nice lately. She has always been high strung, shall we say, and if you got in her way it was over for you. But for the past few weeks, it's been the opposite.

She would never help with the dishes because she "worked all day!" and therefore felt she didn't have to. Lately she's been helping, even going so far as to dismiss Bellan and I before the table was done being cleared. And then tonight, as I grabbed the towel to dry the pots she was washing, she told me "You don't have to do that...you made dinner so you shouldn't have to.".

Who are you and what have you done with my mother?

It must be some sort of android or alien being that's taken over her brain and body, and making her be kind to everyone around her. Or maybe I'm watching too much Dr. Who...