The Noises Are Coming From Inside the House

We're getting the guest bathroom refurbished, in no small part  because of the hole in the floor near the corner of the bathtub, and our handyman did an amazing job of dismantling the entire thing in roughly fourteen minutes. (OK, maybe I'm exaggerating. But only a little.)

He wrapped up and headed off to his next gig, leaving exposed floorboard in preparation for tomorrow and a couple of what can quaintly be described as "large holes" over the air ducts. He joked about not walking in there in the dark by accident, I laughed, and that was that. He took off, I went downstairs to edit something, and all was well.

Until, of course, I heard the first sound. Specifically, the sound of THOOM. Now, as there was no one else in the house, this was a little startling. At first, I thought it was the heater, but the heater wasn't on.

THOOM.

This had me curious. And, to be honest, a little surprised.

THOOM.

So I got up and wandered through the house, trying to find out where the noise was coming from, what was making it, and if i was going to have to call the local Chabad chapter for an exorcism.

THOOM THOOM THOOM.

As I walk upstairs, the noise gets louder.  I peer into the bathroom.

And there are cats jumping up and down, into and out of the holes in the bathroom floor and onto the air duct. They land, and there's a THOOM. The cats freak out, jump out, and then promptly forget and jump right back in.

THOOM.

THOOM.

THOOM THOOM THOOM.

Meow.