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Lois Nesbitt
www.blueskyyoga.com
lois@blueskyyoga.com
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VITAL SIGNS
2009

The Year in Numbers: How it all added up
Lois Nesbitt

 

  1. Nights spent in New York City: 91.
  2. Nights spent in Mainland China: 70.
  3. Nights slept straight through: 0.
  4. Flights slept straight through: 4.
  5. Time zones slept straight through: 72
  6. Sheep counted: 6542
  7. Beans counted: 0
  8. Fashion magazine subscribed: 6
  9. Fashion magazines read: 5
  10. Serious nonfiction read: 8
  11. Serious novels read: 5
  12. Hours of yoga practiced: 527
  13. Hours of yoga taught: 1081
  14. Air mails: 61,687
  15. Train miles: 7152
  16. Car miles: 3084
  17. Miles on foot: 651
  18. Movies watched: 33
  19. NPR hours: 127
  20. Hours spent worrying about The Economy: 22
  21. Hours spent worrying about global warming: 25
  22. Hours spent forgetting the Big Picture: 31
  23. Hours spent remembering things I used to know: 51
  24. Checks written to NGOs: 9
  25. Votes cast: 0
  26. Jury duty served: 1
  27. Internet dating sites: 3
  28. Hopeful dates: 1
  29. Hopeless dates: 3
  30. Dating quandaries: 2
  31. Fish that got away: 1
  32. Existential dilemmas: 7
  33. Lost temper: 13
  34. Found temper: 12
  35. Housemates (average monthly): 2.5
  36. Inches of snow: 31
  37. Peals of laughter: many
  38. Squeals of joy: countless
  39. Contented sighs: 57
  40. Thoughtful sighs: 40
  41. Melancholy sighs: 17
  42. Dreams eluded: 1
  43. Dreams fulfilled: 2
  44. Goals attained: 3
  45. Goals postponed: 1
  46. Goals sidelined: 2
  47. Trust broken: 1
  48. Trust restored: 0
  49. Moments of clarity: 27
  50. Baffling inconsistencies: 6
  51. Utter confusion: 39 hours
  52. Unlikely connections: 18
  53. Surprising disconnects: 7
  54. Calls failed: 33
  55. Passwords forgotten: 19
  56. Tweets ignored: hundreds
  57. Facebook forays: 11
  58. Facebook timewasters: many
  59. Consecutive sit ups: 70
  60. Consecutive meltdowns: 3
  61. Spanish mastered: 3%
  62. Chinese abandoned: 100%
  63. Weird foods tasted: 5
  64. Weird foods declined: 19
  65. H1N1 quarantine: 7 days
  66. True friends through it all: 5
  67. Fair-weather friends: dozens
  68. Supporting cast: hundreds
  69. Toyota breakdowns: 3
  70. Toyota rescuers: 3
  71. Pounds gained: 5
  72. Pounds lost: 7
  73. Net weight: 108
  74. Who cares: no one
  75. Calling birds: 4
  76. French hens: 3
  77. Turtle Doves: 2
  78. Partridges and Pear Trees: 1 of each
  79. Whatever: 68
  80. Good night and good luck!

 

 

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