Break In

I went visiting teaching this morning with my two youngest. We left a little before 10 am. We had two appointments and were done around 11:30. We had to rush to the grocery store to get a few things along with some snacks for Dougan's class B-day party. Then we drove to the school to drop off the treats for Dougan and also to drop off some gym shoes that Eades left at home this morning. This whole time it was raining and Brandis was being poky and I was pretty wet. That part has nothing to do with the story really but I just thought some of you might have been wondering if it was raining. So, yes, now you know it has been all day so far.
We pulled into our driveway at about 12:30. I notice as I pull in the back that our back door is completely open. I tried to remember if I closed it when we left. I've never left it open. I usually unload the kids and let them go in the house themselves but I thought this time I should be the first to go in just in case.
I walk in and put my purse down. The house is surprisingly messy but not burglar messy. I thought maybe we had just left it a little messier than I thought. I bring the kids and the few groceries in. Then I see an even bigger mess. Still not a burglar mess but a critter mess. Aha! Things are making sense. We must have left the door open and then a naughty wet cat found his way into our house. I ran around and around trying to find it. I looked under couches and beds. I did a quick check on the gerbil to see if he was still living. He was. Then found the cat in our bathroom. I yelled scat and chased it into the toy room, then under the couch in the living room and then finally out the back door.
I had quite a mess to clean up. I did it while being very unhappy with that cat. I think he is also the same nuisance that tears open our garbage bags on trash day. I really don't like that cat. Is there such a thing as a cat trap? I would love to find out who the owner is and then return the dead cat and say I accidentally hit it with my car. A little too much? Okay, then I would press charges for trespassing.