It was 5 AM, so my partner, Jamie, got up to see what it was.
About 5 minutes later, he returned with a glowing ball and said the cats were playing with it under the bed. Then, he thank me for his birthday gift, which I had hidden under the guest bed (his b-day is this Tuesday).
That gift is the Enterprise E model, a Star Trek space ship.

Yes, we are both geeks.