An update in numbers.


  • Items picked up during the last minue drugstore run before leaving town – 4 (one box of hair dye and three pairs of tights).
  • List of places I need to change my address upon moving – 13.
  • The last four digits of my new phone number – 4674 (spells nothing).
  • Albums in heavy rotation on my Ipod over the past week – 2 (Metric, Old World Underground and Rasputina, Frustration Plantation).
  • Upcoming days in travel status – 6.
  • Days until I move – 11.
  • New grievances that hit my desk today – 2.
  • Phone calls from Darren since Thursday – 4.
  • Amount of my house which is packed and ready for moving – 1/2.
  • Number of boxes of books – 15.
  • People at Sunday night’s dinner party in honour of a friend’s 40th birthday – 6 adults, 2 children.
  • Separate menu items planned for the dinner – 11.
  • People in my life who have birthdays within the next week – 5.
  • Things I am truly looking forward to during this Ottawa trip – 1 (Anna!)
  • Mornings of commuting left – 3 (sweet mercy….).

4 Comments on “An update in numbers.

  1. i hope those boxes of books are small. i’ve seen many a promising career cut short by lifting a 4 cu ft box of andre norton paperbacks.

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