Things That Go Boom, Crash, Bang In The Night

Two nights ago Christin and I were startled awake at two in the morning by some freakish noise. Here is what happened in Christin's words.

Nate and I were just rudely wakened by a most thunderous calamity! Laying in bed, with heart pounding in anticipation of unspeakable horrors, I slowly began to realize..."this must be because of a cat!" Fear gripped me as I quickly jumped up to see what was causing this noise as it echoed through the apartment, back and forth. A shadow (very noisily) raced by me at breakneck speed, into the office. Simultaneously, in the living room, there was a crash into the blinds. The shadow ran by me yet again, this time quietly...into the bedroom, under the bed to "safety."

I was quickly able to determine what happened and could not stop laughing for minutes! Pixie had somehow gotten her head caught in the loop of the Outback bag that was in the kitchen. Trying to escape her attacker, she ran from the kitchen, into our bedroom, back through the living room, into the office (where I thought she lost the bag) weeeeeeeeeeeeeee (that is Pixie's typing, literally - HAHA), and back into the bedroom. By this time Nate was up too and helped me search out the rogue bag. We found it between his desk and chair, pinned down by a book that had fallen on it. This caused the bag to rip, releasing Pixie from its prison, EXCEPT she still had most of the side of the bag and loop around her neck as she cowered for dear life under the bed.

I haven't laughed that hard in quite some time. I almost peed my pants after I realized what was going on. It is criminal that we were not able to see the whole thing play out - I fortunately got a glimpse of "the shadow" racing by me with the bag around her neck. The crashing into the blinds was one of the other cats freaking out as Pixie tore by, which of course, only made me laugh harder. As I write this email, Pixie has braved the world again and doesn't seem any worse for the wear. I am going back to bed now, but I had to share this with you while it was still fresh in my mind!