I took Mom out to dinner tonight to celebrate her remission news, and the restaurant manager comped our meal for taking too long to prepare. Which we hadn't even noticed, we'd had croissants to start and Mom's salad came out plenty quickly so neither of us were going hungry or getting impatient.

I decided to spend the unexpected windfall on this insulated outdoor cat shelter for the sole remaining alley cat from the colony I used to take care of: [link]

It won't arrive before the snow hits, but hopefully I can get it assembled and set up in a secure spot soon enough to be useful to Jojo this winter.