Numbers
December 22nd, 2005 Posted in Daily GrindBlogging
12 - Days since I’ve posted an entry on this blog. Not nearly as long of a drought as it feels like.
62 - Days since I’ve posted an entry on Spacebar. Now that’s a drought.
Traveling
1,400 - Miles driven last week in the span of three days when I went to Kansas with my parents to pick up a wardrobe and tried to go to a friend’s wedding.
1 - Kansas ditches I drove through during a snow storm in an attempt to get to said friend’s wedding.
14 - Hours I spent in the car on Saturday after driving through a snowstorm, giving up on making it to the wedding, and then re-routing my trip through Nebraska.
75 - Speed limit in Nebraska, God bless ‘em.
3 - CDs I bought in Des Moines, Iowa to keep me awake for the final 230 miles home.
1.5 - Times I was able to listen to each CD before they jammed in the CD changer the day after I got home.
Volunteering
13 - Average hours per month for youth group events (four 2-hour Wednesday nights, one 2-hour meeting, one 3-hour special event).
16 - Hours we spent at youth group this month (two 2-hour Wednesday nights, one 4-hour Christmas party, one 8-hour Operation Christmas Child/Chronicles of Narnia event).
20 - Hours of youth group events we skipped out on (two 8-hour clean-a-thon events to clean up the church’s new addition, one 2-hour Wednesday night, one 2-hour meeting).
Ignoring
215 - E-mails in my inbox needing to be sorted, deleted or (gulp) answered.
8 - Other e-mail inboxes on my computer that we dare not count how many e-mails they contain.
1,894 - Total unopened e-mails on my system, thanks in large part to spam, publicists and e-mail newsletters.
4,241 - Unread blog entries in Bloglines (not counting the Craigslist classifieds).
120 - Total blog feeds tracked in Bloglines.
Expecting
30 - Days until the baby’s due date.
14 - Working days Abby has left until the baby comes (assuming it comes on the due date)
10 - Days left in 2005.
7 - Days until my anniversary.
6 - Days until massive 11-month freelance project is due.
3 - Days until Christmas.
1 - Working days Abby has left in 2005.
