Homer is (was) missing

Homer went missing sometime this evening.

He may be somewhere in the house. He might have pushed the back storm door open and slipped out. He might have snuck downstairs, or into a room that is usually closed up, or...

Never mind. My mom just found him, curled up under a stepstool in a room we had both searched several times. His snorting breathing, caused by a congenital sinus condition, gave him away. We had both been listening for that sound, and were worried when we didn't hear it.

So now we know he's safe and alive, and I can go to sleep.