Excellent story! Sorry about the pain, of course. Suffering for your art, eh? Cripsy mutterings in my new phrase for the festival of pain signals my hand and arm send.
By the way, I hope the cat had a good nap after such an eventful night. Poor thing was just enjoying a special evening with his little rodent 'friend' and then all of the sudden there is all sorts of carry on in the house and people throwing water. Whatever next?