Rock and roll! Cats! Interstate familial intrigue!

On Friday I'm going into the city to see an Erase Errata show, and I'm spending the night at my sister's place -- it's a quid pro quo, because I also have to catsit. (My brother-in-law got tickets to a super-secret Robert Pollard show in Chicago, so they're heading there for a couple of days.)

They've got two cats, which in my opinion is two cats too many, but because A) all my worst grades are in math, and B) I'm not a big fan of cats, my math-based cat opinions don't carry much weight.

This evening my sister sent me an email with a partial list of instructions for catsitting. It's a totally awesome list, breaking down as follows:

1. keys
2. doormen
3. locks
4. sneaky cats
5. hungry cats
6. tv
7. computer
8. air conditioner

and then right after #8, there's this:

********VERY IMPORTANT: If any members of Victor's family calls (let the machine pick up regardless when the phone rings), call Victor or me IMMEDIATELY on our cells:

Me: [phone number]

V: [phone number]

And tell us who called (They don't know we'll be out of town---long story---they don't support his musical excursions.)

and then as if nothing ever happened, we go right back to

9. frozen pizzas in the freezer

Like I said, it's an awesome list.