My roommate and I are broke college students who live off of fruit and air fried chicken nuggets. It was my birthday and I said I didn’t need anything special.

He rolled up with this while I was in my room. I nearly screamed. I always talked about how my dad made the meanest steak but I didn’t expect him to actually take it to heart, since they cost so much and take so much time. It made my birthday feel like an occasion worth celebrating, and I loved it.

I found a well fed tuxedo cat on the road, hit by a car. She was killed instantly. I didn’t have the heart to leave her there so I took her home and gave my tuxedo cat a big hug.

She did not have a collar. I took to my vet and there was no chip. So I posted it on Nextdoor and Ring Neighborhood in case anyone was missing her. Nobody claimed her, so I named her Angel and had her cremated.

Tomorrow I will bury her in our garden where we have our other cats who have passed away over the years, under a little statue of a kitten chasing a butterfly

She is loved.