T2, sorry I'm a little slow to bid you welcome to the neighborhood, but glad you can join us here just the same ... and I just caught up on your thread here.

Quoting Trying24now:
During dinner he asked if I had any "running around to do in the area ...
In later posts it never came back up again, but could this have been a back door type of invitation? Might he been unsure if he should ask directly if you want to join on the errand to Lowes?

'til later,
KAW