My new best buddy cat saw me and jumped down from the fence and came running up to me. Had an ear and chin rub, and then I walked off and it was trotting along at the side of me. Seemed like it was going to follow me all the way home, funny little thing, but then stopped at the side of the road and just looked at me bemusedly as if to say why was I abandoning it. Couldn't help literally smiling involuntarily at the whole thing. Bright spot in an otherwise anxiety and stress fest.