i felt so bad

My usual morning routine:  I head out the door and start up my car, walk to the top of the driveway (it's a 90 foot driveway) to retrieve the morning papers (we have The New York Times and Newsday delivered every day), place Newsday into my car and throw the Times onto the front porch for my mom so she won't have to traipse up the driveway in this brutally cold and snowy weather.

So this morning....just as I threw the newspaper....the orange cat jumped onto my porch....no, the paper didn't hit him, but it scared him so much he scampered away....