[Action | Open] Backdated to evening
[Tonight is the first night she and Lyle are going to be sharing the little house they've found. Anew is excited, even if Lyle has been a little occupied lately -- but that's been okay since she took the time to clean and decorate the place. She's supposed to meet him there for a late dinner.]
[But for now, she's in the shelter kitchen, baking a cake. She would use her new kitchen but it's so clean she hates to ruin it before he sees; and she wants it to be a surprise. The rest of dinner, a beef stew, is bubbling away on the stove top, nearly ready.]