Summer by the numbers
An effort started at a coffeeshop in Uzhgorod in late August and vaguely completed at home in Lutsk in early September…
Camps that I worked at: 3
Camps/ conferences that I attended as a participant: 2
Trains I took: 15
Bus rides that lasted at least 1.5 hours: 15
Countries I spent time in: 5
Cities/ towns in which I spent more than two hours: 15
Cities/ towns which I had never previously visited: 5
Beds I slept in, not including overnight trains: 12
New VKontakte friends: all of them (80)
Number of watermelons eaten in August: more than any Ukrainian would believe is appropriate
Number of eggs eaten: Ask Sally, the President of Eggs
Number of new planets I discovered I was from: 1
Number of iced coffees: 3
Number of times my off button was pushed: 11
Number of times my on button was pushed: 12
Number of days away: 56
Number of those days spent working, at camps, at meetings, or traveling for those reasons: 44
Number of lesson/seminar plans written: 15+
Number of times introduced myself to Andrew Cartwright: 9
Number of times I heard a bad pop song: 50000000000000000
Number of books I read: 9.75
Number of times I was threatened with court proceedings with damages of 1 hryvnia: 1
Number of songs I sang and/or helped to write with revised lyrics: 3
Number of new original movies I helped to inspire or create: 3
Bodies of water [natural or manmade] in which I swam: 2
Number of times I was elected prime minister: 0
Number of times I appointed myself prime minister or time minister: 2
Number of movies I saw in a theatre in 3D: 1
Number of grilled cheese sandwiches I cooked, for myself or others: 35
Number of grilled cheese sandwiches I ate: 8
Number of weddings I was invited to: 1
Blog posts written: 2.5
Number of bagels eaten: 4.5
Number of times I ate potatoes served as a topping for potatoes: 1
Number of animals I made out of beads: 2.7
Number of pictures/videos taken that survived earlystage deletion: 1945
How far I ran: so far, so far away
Number of earlyish mornings I ran: 29
Number of times the Ukrainian fear of drafts came up in conversation: 6+
Number of jars of spaghetti sauce canned: 9
Number of said jars which have inexplicably popped their tops: 2
Number of other group 37 PCVs who are extending, in addition to me: 16
Number of dear friends who left Ukraine early: 1
Number of potentially fruitful creative partnerships formed and named: 1
Number of Ukrainian-to-English translated files edited: 17
Number of idea picnics held: 3
Number of days between starting and finishing this list: 21
Any other numbers you’d like to know? Ask!
More developed stories to follow.
Hope you’re well!
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