Today, I was scheduled to meet with the Cat Lady in the early afternoon. Since this meant a trip to the nearer city, I was going to take advantage of it to pick up some more kibble, a few little groceries to last us until CPP Disability comes in next week, but mostly to look at different stores to see if I could find inspiration for the cat isolation shelter door and access panels, among other things.

With the delay due to road construction on the way out, I didn’t quite have time to do what I intended, but that wasn’t the only delay.

As I was driving in the truck, I found myself smelling something unfortunate. In fact, it smelled a lot like cat pee.

No cats get into the truck, though.

Was it from my t-shirt? That was fresh from the laundry.

My pants? Well, I couldn’t sniff my own pants, but I didn’t think so.

I did return the bag of grocery bags from the house to the truck, which get stored behind the driver’s seat. Could a cat have peed on the grocery bags? I couldn’t see how. We keep those out of cat reach, on top of a bin on top of a counter.

When I got out of the truck to get gas, then again at the feed store, I didn’t notice the smell, but it was back once in the cab.

It took a while, but I suddenly remembered one thing it could possibly be coming from.

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Guess who had to buy a new hat today.

Yes, my sequin covered, bling hat that my daughter got me, got pee smell on it. There was no evidence that it was peed on directly, thank God, but the smell was definitely there – and getting stronger the more I was sweating in the heat.

So my first stop was at a Dollarama. The last time I was there, they still had this hat. Sadly, they were out of stock.

Instead, I got the blingiest hat I could find. Not as dramatic as the other one, but it’s got enough sequins to send sparkles of reflected light around when I move my head. 😄😄

This was one of the places I had planned to go to, though not first thing, so I spent time time there before heading to the Walmart it shared a parking lot with. Between this and the road construction delay, I had just enough time to do the shopping I needed at Walmart, and a bit of looking through the hardware section, before I had to meet the Cat Lady.

I didn’t get a chance to go to the Canadian Tire, though. Once I had the medication, I didn’t want to delay going home, even with an ice pack. I think I might have better luck at one of the local hardware stores, anyhow.

As for my super sparkly bling hat, I’m hoping I can put it through the wash, while in a lingerie bag. It’s not supposed to be machine washable, but I really like that hat!

The Re-Farmer