On a lighter note...

For the last week, I've had some houseguests...they arrive every night between 10:30pm-11:00pm, and hit the hay in the tree next to my balcony. That's odd, right? Not really, when you consider that they are a raccoon mommy and her two little baby raccoons...One night, I heard this bizarre scratching noise...it sounded like it was coming from my kitchen, so of course, I stared accusingly at Short Bus and ChaChi (our goldfish), daring them to make the noise again. (ok, so it was late, I was alone, and kinda freaked out...don't expect too much reason). Well, the next night I heard it again, and sat out on my balcony. Before I knew it, I saw these three raccoons climbing the tree just 5 feet from my balcony...they stopped at the bend between two large branches, and just went to sleep laying on top of one another...Too Cute. Well, they've been back every night, alternating between the two trees there...and every night, I go out to visit with them. I would post a photo, but I'm nervous that the flash would send the mommy raccoon jumping onto my balcony to attack me, so I won't. Instead, here's a cute picture of random raccoon babies that kinda look like mine.