Transmission interrupted by ants

 Trying to figure out: was my question about whether the dog and I would complete our circuit of the neighborhood before the ants, which were on one side of the kitchen, discovered the dog food I'd left out, which was on the other side, or not, related to my realization that I was wearing a dark jacket with dark gloves -- the same situation which, on the bike path the previous day, had caused me to think I approached a man without arms?