much of the same

I got up early this morning to shower and be dressed for when it would be time to take daughter to school. After I dropped her off I went to Lowes. My goal was to find a temporary fix for the mess I made tearing down the wall in the front yard. I wasn't very successful at finding a fix. So I ended up buying a couple boxes of the old fashioned, fat, Christmas bulb strands used back in the day. Every year I consider buying some, but never did......until now................and as far as the front yard goes, it's just going to have to wait till next spring.
I also went to Sears. I was thinking about buying a leaf blower..........instead I bought some paint for the opening to my chain link fence. It needs a little sprucing up........my goal is to get it done today.........I also plan to bag the leaves that are in a pile on the deck.


We-Ping is not a lap cat. Actually I think she's feral. I found her at my work down 8 feet in a laundry exhaust area................at the time we had multiple feral cats in the yard at my work.........We-Ping is one of their babies.
She's very sensitive to touch, and will only allow us to touch her for a few seconds at a time....................on the other hand, if she initiates the physical contact such as rubbing her head on our feet& ankles, the contact will last some of the time for several minutes. Or if she's sleeping I can sneak kisses, rub my face in her soft fur, and pet her.
She has never jumped on my lap just to nap or to be petted. She's never jumped on to my lap period......until today.
When I pulled in  the driveway this morning after my trip to Lowes and Sears We-Ping ran from the deck to my car..........she almost always meets me at my car when I come home and then follows me up the deck steps and inot the house. So I'm sitting in the car in my driveway with my car door opened and I'm just sitting there lost in my thoughts........We-Ping jumped into the car and then up on my lap. She didn't sit.......she just stood there for a second looking at me and then she jumped out of the car.
It made me smile. Pets can be theraputic. We should all have one.