Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Subtotals




Number of time I’ve curled my hair: 2, Number of pony tails worn: 3,135, Number of books finished: 698, Number of stitches: 9, Number of broken bones: 1, Number of wool coats owned: 3, Number of houses lived in: 3, Number of siblings: 7, Number of rings given: 3, Number of rings owned: 5, Number of baseball games watched on purpose: 0, Number of dogs owned: 2, Number of short stories written in one month, maximum: 29, Number of regrets: 1,698, Number of car accidents been in, passenger: 3, driver: 0, number of children counseled: 64, Number of books written, novels: 2, novellas, 1, Number of cakes baked: 59, Number of poor choices: 564, Number of  fights been in, verbal: 49, physical: 0, Number of times water-skiing: 1, Number of river trips taken: 6, Number of novel-related notes scribbled on scraps of paper: 1,621, Number of friends not in the USA: 4, Number of coffees consumed: 3,891, Number of compasses, owned: 5, broken: 4, Number of fish caught: 4, Number of fish cooked: 2, Number of laptop cords lost: 2, Number of times sang in public: 6, Number of times climbed 40ft ladder without my harness: 4, Number of pigeons killed, indirectly: 1, with a rock: 1, Number of small mammals hit while driving: 5, Number of insomnia-filled nights: 598, Number of times insomnia cured with reading: 145, Number of prayers sent: 5,345, Number of friends in college: 12, Number of times panicked: 321, Number of trees fallen out of: 4, Number of poems, read: 987, written: 121, Number of things I wish I hadn’t said: 542, Number of things I wish I had said: 376, Number of times fallen asleep in vans: 2, Number of hands held: 32, Number of years gardened vegetables: 9, Number of vegetable gardens personally considered a success: 1, Number of keys lost: 9, Number of times guilted into doing something: 43, Number of times rump-bumped down rapids: 3, Number of bruises received from rump-bumping: 18, Number of times down Little Falls in a canoe: 4, Number of hats owned: 3, Number of close calls: 29, Number of times had blood poisoning: 1, Number of times urged to dye my hair: 4, Number of times dyed my hair: 0, Number of siblings taller than me: 3, Number of siblings older than me: 1, Number of jobs sustained: 5, Number of dreams confused by: 97, Number of times out of this country: 1

1 comment:

  1. Number of stitches: 9,

    :)

    Number of baseball games watched on purpose: 0

    :(

    Number of compasses, owned: 5, broken: 4,

    I prefer to lose mine and then become a person without either inner or outer compass.... I've lost many a good Silva compass.

    Number of pigeons killed, indirectly: 1, with a rock: 1,

    !!!!!

    Number of prayers sent: 5,345,

    Your highest number of anything! I like the notion that prayers are not necessarily answered but that they always are offered, an offering

    Number of dreams confused by: 97,

    I had to read that twice to make it make sense, but, of course, it does, as does everything you write that I've seen

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