gardening, a miracle

This morning instead of my usual walk, I went to Vedanta and pulled weeds for half an hour. I also started working on some ivy that's growing up some trees, but then I got spooked standing in that ivy, thinking there might be a snake in it.

Afterward I ran into J and we talked about her cats. "Do you want a kitten?" she asked, and in the second that followed I tried to think of a way to make that work but couldn't.

Driving home the check engine light came on again.

A miracle happened. My landlord responded to my complaints about the air conditioner. Workers are coming today to measure for a new one.