It's okay to be excited. I won't mind. (If Eva did have an issue with the kittens, we could always just put the kittens [who will always be kittens, even when they are 10+ years old] in a room. I will keep them company.)

Thursday sounds fine for me~ I'll add it to my calendar and be there after work (so about five, five-thirty?). Is there any way I could coerce you into giving me a ride home afterward, though? I don't mind light railing, but the weather has been crap lately and I don't know if I'll particularly want to.

I think I agree with you on the cooking-for-one-is-ridiculous theory. It's way more fun to cook for multiple people. That way the meal is drawn out with conversation and fun.