Rescued a Damsel in Distress.
After a day of lazing about was sleeping late. Woke up to the ever popular Oh My God noise from DW. Bounce out of bed find DW in the hallway with hands clasped, and saying there is is something in the house!
Well, the initial emergency being over, no further need for intruder repelling boom device, since she is standing in jammies, no blood visible, my foggy brain having recognized the word "something" as non human threat, asked what is it? She said I don't know, but it is in my office and Charley is in there with it. She continued: don't know how it got in here.
Ok. I said, I'll do my bathroom thing, get more awake a little slower, get a glass of water, then tell me more. In due time I mosied down to the kitchen, got a glass of water and listened to the damsel's tail of woe.
Seems she saw something longish brown flash across the floor. With Charley our cat in hot pursuit into a corner of her office. There was a black plastic trash bag in that corner ( another long story not relevant now) and the cat was pawing at it. She kept repeating, I dont know how it got in the house. I said likely through the cat door which was set up for out only. But likely failed and is now two way. Most likely Cherly was the transporter. Trying to impersonate private eye Sam Spade.
Figuring a mouse or a chipmunk, at worst a squirrel, set about getting a paper box, ripping off the flaps, then finding a large piece of cardboard big enough to cover the opening. All this in my shorts and no T shirt or socks. Headed upstairs. Picked up the cat and put him out of the office, closed the door amd set the box, upside down on top of the crumpled black trash bag. Gently pushed the exposed parts of the trash bag into the box while making sure nothing escaped. Then slid the flat pirce of cardbord under the box picked up the whole assembly.
Took all this outside some tenty feet from the house. I slid the cover off the box and sure enough a brown thing dropped to the ground. It was a bat. It scampered then flew away.
Emergency over, a damsel saved from distress, a bat saved, and now all is well withe world once again. And the hero took a well deserved coffee, properly served.
All this before 9:30 AM. Just brutal.
And the cat door is now again reconfigured to be out only.