A weekend by the numbers

I have mentioned that I like to do mental math. I think I got this from my mother who was always having us count things to keep us entertained in the car. Regardless of where it comes from, I can always amuse myself by doing mental math or by counting things. Sunday while out running I began by counting the homeless itinerant citizens as I came out of the park I run through at the beginning of my run.  After I got to the repetitive part of my run I needed something else to count and this is what I came up with for the weekend beginning at 6:30 pm on Friday and going to bedtime on Sunday.  Obviously I started this while running but some of it was compiled later.  This is in no way exhaustive, just what was easily quantifiable and vaguely interesting:

Neighborhood

• 24 itinerant citizens in 2 parks
• 1 adorable cat
• 3 men running without shirts
• 2 bags of poop bags left at the dog run

Shopping

• 9 dress shirts purchased
• 6 pieces of fabric for casual shirts
• 7  farm stands patronized at the market
• 2 coffee drinks purchased at Peet’s
• 1 butcher shop patronized
• 1 shirt picked up at cleaners
• 1 drawing left at frame shop

Food and Beverages

• 2 martinis consumed
• 3 glasses of wine consumed
• 1 meatball eaten
• 5 meals cooked
• 6 artichokes cooked
• 5 avocados needing to become guacamole asap!
• 1 lunch eaten out

House

• 1 hour in bath
• 1 martini/1 glass wine = amount of alcohol needed to keep Wolf of Wall Street entertaining
• 5 loads of laundry
• 1 batch of tomato sauce made
• 1 batch of gingersnap dough made
• 7 shirts ironed
• 4.5 newspapers consumed
• 2 cups hummingbird crack nectar made/1 cup into feeder
• 2 calzone made
• 1 dishwasher load run
• 2 sinks of hand wash dishes done
• 1 small paper bag accidentally thrown into load of laundry
• 4 reusable shopping bags cleaned

Knitting

• > 1 round knit on scarf
• 1 swatch made of finished vertical pocket for Cloudberry

Getting Around

• 4.5 to 5 miles run
• 4 miles walked
• 18 miles in the car

You may be wondering why I need to have all these things I am always doing to keep myself from getting bored.  I run commando–without music or electronic device!  I don’t have a smart phone (by choice).  So when I am out in the world, I am pretty much on my own.

If you want to see the full drawing of the ones that got cut off, click on the image.  I had fun making them–the yarn ball is from my branding–done by a professional!