our last few weeks by the numbers

over the past couple weeks, while all of our friends have been on vacation or home with families celebrating the new year, most everything we have done has been out of our house. along with every campus being closed, every restaurant and market vendor was also closed for awhile, which meant a lot of meals were eaten at our own dining room table. and since our evenings were pretty free, i got a ton of things checked off my to-do list for our apartment and life in general. here's a recap

home meals cooked: 18

new recipes tried: 16

number of recipes actually followed exactly: 4

number of recipes i just made up: 3

completely new foods i tried: 2

number of new foods i made jarred eat: 3

number of new foods i think he liked: 1

number of recipes i wanted to make that jarred claimed sounded like something buddy the elf would make: 1 (coca-cola pork chops)

number of loads of dishes done by hand: a whole lot

number of loads of dished jarred did by hand: a whole lot +1

sewing projects completed: 2

number of sewing projects completed in my life before 2 weeks ago: 0

number of sewing projects successful upon completion: 2

number of sewing projects still successful after 1 use: 1.5

number of sewing projects completed for my by the tailor in our complex: 4

number of sewing projects i wanted completed by the tailor in our complex that he told me was impossible: 1

painting projects completed: 1

painting projects from which i have finished cleaning my brush: 0

rooms in our house (re-)decorated: 2

plants potted: 13

plants that lived past a week: 11

most dogs living at our apartment at one time: 2

most dogs i could handle living in our apartment at one time: 1

number of hours dog-sat dog remained in our house before i told jarred she had to leave: 20

years from now we will again dog sit another dog with max in our house: 100+

number of nights max woke us up throwing up: 3 (don't worry, he's better now)

number of socks max found and chewed: 4

number of said socks that are from separate pairs: 4

total number of articles of my clothing max has put holes in: 7

total number of articles of jarred's clothing max has put holes in: 2

number of people in our family that are happy about this ratio: 1

nights jarred read cesar milan's website and thought about giving max away: 3

phone calls to america: 11

friends talked to for the first time in months: 4

number of nights fireworks were set off outside our apartment: 19

number of fireworks we set off: 0

number of mothers that are very thankful and proud of us: at least 1

number of trips into town: 5

number of trips into the big city: 8

normal number of trips per week into the big city: 1

weeks of p90x officially completed: 4

number of times i ever want to do the core synergistic workout again: 0

movies watched: 5

movies we watched that i really liked: 1, maybe 2 (disappointing percentage)

books i finished: 4

books jarred finished: 2

times i have ever read more than jarred: 1

books started: 2

papers jarred wrote: 2 (to give him a little consolation)

days of pleasant sunny: 18

days it was cold february weather: 3

number of times people asked me "you aren't going home to celebrate the new year?!": countless

so in the past couple weeks i have basically become rachel ray, martha stewart (minus the prison sentence and billion dollar empire), and every talk-show host on hgtv. jarred has become cesar milan, a contractor, and a food network taste-tester. most people have returned, most places have reopened, and normal life kicks off tomorrow.