17: months since the flood, (all these are "since the flood"),
25: pounds gained,
30: pounds i need to lose,
1: toe i expect to explode,
27: age of my little sister tomorrow,
4: age of my niece tomorrow (daughter of said little sister),
98: books read,
4: closet doors left to hang,
153: pages written on my new book,
1: family funeral attended,
5: "disorders" diagnosed by my psychiatrist(!),
17: estimated age of my sweet dog, sage, who died in march,
48: lowe's receipts (at least 3 times that many lowe's visits),
10: average purchases per lowe's receipt,
??: afraid to even estimate the bottles of wine consumed,
2.6: miles strolled at a local lake today with a dear friend and her 2 precious sons,
24: teeth i expect to fall out (i'm down 8 to begin with - 4 pulled prior to braces and wisdom teeth also extracted),
23,373: miles on my new car in less than 15 months (compared to the normal 10,000 a year pre-flood),
1,000: cups of coffee (probably a low estimate),
34,000: dollars spent on the rebuild of house and life (ballpark),
1 billion: prayers said on my behalf (definitely a low estimate).
just some of the figures i've been thinking about today. since the flood was on a sunday i seem to be thinking about the event itself more today than normal. i left the house about this time of night. some time between 8:00 and 9:00 if i remember correctly. i just know it was may and it was already dark; it was late.
it's funny (not funny ha-ha) that these 17 months feel simultaneously like an instant and like 17 years but not in any way like months. less than a year and a half. it's like i'm a toddler and still measure my age in months. i'm not a year old and not 2 years old - i'm 17 months old. and i'm tired.
grace and peace
If it makes you feel better, when I was reading this I thought... she spelled deer wrong. I did self-correct, but still. Sending you love and prayers.
ReplyDeleteyou do love numbers. :) and so do i. and hey - for a 17 month old, you're surprisingly well read. i love you so much!!
ReplyDeleteoh, and that's 153 more book pages written that most folks i know!! ;)
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