I live with a real-life Calvin, just missing Hobbes

Here I was screaming "Arrrrgghhh!" as I nearly fall head first into a Hoover box while trying to reach inside to remove a styrofoam piece. Note to fellow claustrophobics: Do not reach into a Hoover box if you're 5'4" and the box is nearly three-thirds as tall as you are.

As I recover from my escape from Hoover-ville, I hear a muffled "It won't go down. Ugh ugh." I turn around and this is what I see: