2010, by the numbers

If you had told me on one of the last days of December 2009 that I would be living in Virginia in December 2010 and getting ready to head overseas to some unknown embassy with my family I would have laughed at the absurdity.  Instead of my usual end-of-the-year blog post in which I talk about my resolutions (because let's face it, I'm probably never going to stop swearing or start exercising every day), I've decided to do a 2010 retrospective, by the numbers.

 26--Number of chickens we started out with
   0---Number of chickens we have now
  0---Number of "store eggs" my kids are willing to eat
   1---Number of times one of my children fainted from a State Dept. medical clearance blood draw
196-Approximate number of times my children barfed
 11-- Number of states we drove through with said barfing children
  8---National monuments and landmarks we visited on the way to Virginia
 14--Times I was served iceberg lettuce salad in middle America
  3---Number of times my children whined about not having any vegetables on never-ending trip
  3---Times per day my husband ordered beef in middle America
  4--Times I Googled "how to restart your husband's heart in Wyoming"
  0---Bed bug encounters.  Yes!
  1---Flea infestation at an unnamed corporate apartment in Virginia 
  0---Pairs of shoes I bought to reward myself for all this upheaval  (Haha!  Just kidding.)
One Bazillion--Miles Mitch put on his car commuting from Whidbey Island to his unrewarding job in Seattle
Two Bazillion--Dollars we lost when we sold our house on Whidbey Island
  5---Good sources to buy sourdough bread within short driving distance of our old house
  0---Good sources to buy sourdough bread anywhere in Virginia
48--Approximate times I saw a Prius on the road per day in Seattle
  3---Priuses I've seen the whole time we've lived in Virginia
100-Days we've lived in our current rental house
100-Times I've missed my old kitchen
Three Bazillion--Minutes I spent on hold with Verizon
 42--Times I've looked up airfare prices back to the Pacific Northwest
 9---Fabulous outings in DC with the kids
 0---Trips to the wine shop (Haha!  Kidding again!)
 1--Great date night which included Full Frontal Nudity, not our own
12--Things trashed or broken by the movers
 4--Number of places we've lived in the past seven months
 0--Regrets about this adventure
36-Minutes I've spent writing this list when I should be exercising and practicing not swearing. Shit.