Smart. Cats are underrated for intelligence. Mine can jump up and hang on a door handle to turn and open it. If it is not locked she gets in.

I didn’t visit people when I was working, raising kids. Too buried, stressed. Cared for my elders too. Now I have retired & I do. Including elderly relatives. Most people from work were transactional allies with common interest, not actual friends. I have actual friends including several new ones.

You can get sick from even looking at that filthy creek too long.