A Bat in the Living Room

Last night around 11:30, I turned the light off in the living room and saw something fly in front of the TV. I watched and waited and saw it again. I turned the light back on and saw something black flying around the room. I finally saw very clearly that the black flying thing was indeed a bat with a wingspan of approximately 5-6 inches.
Since husband had already gone to bed and had worked that day, I didn't want to wake him. Son was watching TV in family room and had fallen asleep.
I watched as it landed on the top of the curtain and settled there. While I didn't want to go to bed with it lose, I also knew I wouldn't be able to stay up all night and watch it. I decided to stay up a while longer, with the light on of course.
Since son already occupied the couch in the family room, I decided I would need to sleep on the floor where I could keep an eye on the living room curtain. I was torn between leaving things as is or waking son and making him go upstairs to bed. I wasn't sure if we had more "house guests" or not and decided the current situation was the best.
I don't recall what time I finally fell asleep, but know it was after 3. I woke up at 6:45 this morning and looked at the curtain-no bat. I looked around the family room-no bat. I went to the kitchen and there it was hanging from the ceiling. My son woke up at 7 and I told him, heard husband stirring so son went up to advise him of the situation. Son comes back down and wants to see a bat so very quietly goes into kitchen. Starts laughing and comes back to advise my kitchen "bat" is really an old fly strip that I didn't get torn completely down and husband hasn't removed. Sone continues with jokes and I keep telling him I really saw the bat in the living room last night.
I go back to the living room and bat is still on curtain just in a different spot. Husband comes down and starts morning routine which includes a cup of coffee and then out side for morning cigarette (husband is still a smoker but does not smoke in house or around son).
Husband comes in with net from fish pond and traps bat but net cannot be removed so I get husband newspaper which he uses to "catch" bat in net. Net is against wall with bat still inside. Husband gets bat caught in newspaper and takes it outside. Fortunately happy ending to bat story for all.
I am not sure how the bat entered the house, however husband thinks it is through the window where the air conditioner is. Making note to get air conditioner taken out today or tape opening.
Keeping my fingers crossed that this is my first and last experience with a bat. Son looking forward to going back to school to tell his summer "bat" story.