i have a cat! it all happened like this, further confirming my thoughts on fate.
my new computer has put me into a downloading frenzy, and i was just about to start watching a marathon L Word session when i decided i needed food from the C-Space store down the road. its 12.30am, i hardly ever do this.
and there, walking down the road, is Zeke from work, who was just returning from said C-Space store because he needed cat food for the stray cat thats been hanging around his house. and voila! ingrid has a cat! clearly it was meant to be.