First, my mom calls at a ridiculous hour this morning, because she thought it was Friday (and thus I would have been awake). Then, the cats see that my eyes are somewhat open, and they start their morning routine of being nuisances. These two things combined engages Lin’s brain enough that he wants coffee. The end result is me being awake much earlier than I intended.

Fine. I make coffee and go inspect the garden, hoping to improve my mood. No such luck. An entire cluster of four large (green) tomatoes are missing from the Homestead plant! That’s not squirrels. I don’t even think that would be possums. A pound or more of tomatoes being hauled off at once feels very much like a raccoon. I am livid!

Today hasn’t started off very good.