Too busy to sit and babble, so here’s the latest:

I have named the possum Peyton. No, that does not mean the possum is going to be a new and much-loved resident at Casa de Orb. It has to go. Alas, I need Lin’s construction assistance to make sure the thing no longer has free run of the underside of my house. Therefore, we are going to have to get along somewhat in the meantime, and it’s easier to call it Peyton the Possum than it is to call it Big-Huge-Ugly Nasty-Freaky Stinking-Mammoth-Possum. Also, because my friends all seem to think possums are cute (Are YOU sharing a room with one? No? Talk to me when you are!), I am going to attempt to see something cute about this creature. At the very least, I want one good photo of something other than its butt.

The back door is open to the great outdoors. The doorway has been sprinkled with cornstarch. As soon as I see tracks in the cornstarch and know Peyton has gone out for dinner, I am blocking the access to my laundry room and closing the door. It can get under the house elsewhere, should Peyton really be Peytona and have babies needing tending. I don’t think there are babies, but I suspect there may be babies. Always best to suspect there are some rather than assume their aren’t. I may hate possums, but who can hate baby animals of any sort (except snakes, which I hate no matter how young they are).

Lin’s new lunch boxes came today. I’m sure I looked like a crazed person when I answered the door. I don’t think I had been asleep for more than an hour, and I was all rumpled and groggy. Still, I managed to sign my name and get the box opened. They are a wee bit smaller than expected. I may need to use two a day for Lin. Good thing I got four. I like them. In fact, I like them so much, I think I may order more next payday and get some other sizes as well. They are really nice storage containers, and these 15 oz ones are actually perfect for doing bento meals. OK, so they aren’t cute. I can live without cute until the right bento box comes along.

Those bento sauce bottles I won on eBay arrived today too. They are soooo cute. I’m glad I got them.

I have no idea what I am making for dinner. It’s already 6:30 pm, and I haven’t put any thought into it at all. I think I’ll make quiche. I haven’t made quiche in forever. I don’t think it’s hard, is it? I already have pre-made crusts in the freezer, so it shouldn’t take too long. Quiche and a salad sounds tasty to me, but then I had a really light lunch and, of course, am now starving to death.