Unexpected Visitor

Emily and Keiran came to visit for a couple of days. They left this morning after I had gone to work and Joe had left out for the day. On my way home from work I got a slightly panicked call from Joe. When he had gotten home the walk through garage door was open and the door from the garage to the house was open. When Joe stepped into the house, whoosh, the stray tom cat that has been hanging around occasionally ran out of the laundry room and into the house. Joe went on a cat hunt and found Kit Kat upstairs on a bed. But he could not find the stray. 

When I got home I joined the hunt. I found him under the cedar chest in our bedroom.

Now, what to do with a wild cat in your house. 

I opened some windows hoping he would jump  out. 

But no, he just jumped everywhere else. 

He even tried to climb the bookshelves.  That's him on the 5th shelf up.   I told Joe to get the fishing net. His response was, “do we have a fishing net?”  He found it and I slithered under the bed where the cat was hunkered down. Joe waited on the other side of the bedroom door. 

I am a professional, don’t try this at home. I was able the get the hissing and spitting cat into the net and threw it (gently) out the window.  I spent the next two hours trying to rid the bedroom of tom cat odor.  Luckily, I have couponed for a wide variety of cleaners and air fresheners. 

Meanwhile, Kit was relaxing on the back porch. He has been grounded and banned

 from having anymore friends over. Emily and Keiran will get a lesson on how to close a door. 

And I may have to get rid of the doormat in the laundry room. Looks like the whole thing could be my fault.