For the last several years, I’ve wanted to join in with Julie Kirk and her month in numbers project. Earlier this year, she and I had a lovely email exchange about the project, but I never seem to be able to keep track of things. Since we were traveling a lot in March, I thought there’d be some interesting numbers, and started a list on my Notes app on the iPhone. Today I finally had time to count up some of the other numbers so here they are:
We drove 4,068 miles in March. That doesn’t count the trip from Chicago back to Rochester since that happened in April. We drove through 12 states (PA, NY, MD, WV, Vir, SC, NC, GA, FL, Ohio, IN, AND IL).
We spent 14 days on the beach at Longboat Key, and I walked 92,450 steps over 12 of those days—averaging slightly less than my goal of 10,000 steps each day. We went on 3 excursions while we were in Florida, and 1 in Chicago (The Art Institute) which makes for 4 total. I collected 103 coquina shells which you’ll hear more about later.
In Florida we went to the Arcadia Rodeo, Myakka River State Park and the Ringling Museum.
The beautiful courtyard at The Ringling Art Museum
I’ve linked to some previous posts about those trips, but Lady Ella said she’d be interested in some more alligator photos (as long as she was warned–hence the title of the post) Counting the earlier photo, that makes 4 alligators photographed. I think we saw quite a few more.
I thought you might also be interested in the air boat we were on for the tour around the lake.
We ate out 26 times in March. The top three meals were at The Waterfront on Anna Maria Island, Cotton & Rye in Savannah, GA, and The Gage in Chicago, but none were bad! We celebrated 1 birthday.
I took 589 photos but that doesn’t include the many duplicates and out-of-focus photos I deleted as soon as I uploaded them. There are still too many to print or scrap, so there’s much more sorting to do. I wrote 16 blog posts, which is way more than I usually manage while we’re traveling.
My goal this year is to read 36 books, which averages out to 3/month. When we travel, I usually do better than that since I can read in the car. I read 5 books in March, all of which I enjoyed.
My favorite of the five was When Breath Becomes Air, a beautifully written, tragic memoir written by a neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer at the end of his residency, and died within two years of the diagnosis. Although tragic, it is ultimately an uplifting book with much in common, philosophically, with Being Mortal which I’ve recommended to almost everyone.
Thank you Karen! This really made me grin after a horrible day. :oD Funnily enough I thought of you yesterday when there was a programme on TV – a Scottish guy hunting for a giant crocodile in Papua New Guinea. He was wading and swimming in the water. Didn’t find it (lucky, I say), but “cuddled” a baby one!
Is there a minimum age for passengers on that boat (and has anyone ever fallen in?!)
I read a long article about When Breath Becomes Air and made a note of the title. On the strength of this, I’ll make the next move.
Your month in numbers is very eloquent – I get a good overview of what you’ve been up to. Ringling looks very striking.
Have a good week!
What a great look at your month in numbers! I had to laugh because y’all covered twice as many miles as we did, but you took about 1/3 of the photos. I’ve been purging photos this weekend and working on posts about our trip. We almost went to the Ringling Art Museum when we were in Florida a couple of years ago – sometimes it’s just so hard to fit everything in! Maybe next time.
Great to read about your month. I am aiming to read at least one book per month and am currently averaging 2. I cannot read in the car though as it makes me feel really ill!
Hello hello and welcome aboard the number train Karen [or should that be number-air-train?]
I’m so glad you found a way to join in … and with such ideal numbers too. Lots of people – over the last 5 years of Month in Numbers – have found that this method really suits documenting a holiday. It’s lovely to add your trip to the thousands of miles travelled by MinN bloggers over the years!
It’s always interesting to see photos of Florida that don’t include Disney – I visited there twice as a young teen and, while we saw some beautiful non-Disney places/beaches too, we didn’t visit anything like that museum. Maybe if I ever go again …
I’ve heard good things about that book too – maybe one for my library list.
After all that activity in March you’ve got me wondering what kind of numbers April will deliver you … photos sorted + printed? Luggage cases stored away? Hopefully you won’t have any unexpected alligators to count!
Your numbery-debut is now safely pinned to the Pinterest board – where you’re nestled alongside me, Deb and Ruth this time round: https://uk.pinterest.com/notesonpaper/my-month-in-numbers/
Wishing you a relaxing, post-travel decompressing, April. Thanks for joining me with your vital statistics!
Julie 🙂
A Man Called Ove was such a lovely read. I will say no to alligators, photos or otherwise.
I always enjoy these types of posts Karen but don’t think I would have the patience or diligence they require to write one myself.
Thank you for sharing and for the book recommendations!
Wow, you have some really big numbers in there! I’ll be keeping an eye out for some of those books too. Might have a chance to drop into the library later today actually. Thanks.
Those are some impressive numbers – especially the mileage! With your recommendation I have added “When Breath Becomes Air” to my Amazon wish list. What did you think of the Pema Chodron book?
For several years, I’ve also toyed with MiN…reading yours today rekindled the thought so maybe I’ll try to keep track in May…on my reading table are: Book 1 of the Neapolitan Notes series and I’m still reading Ove – well, maybe I should say I’ve not finished it, yet! When Breath Becomes Air is everything you say…I’m about half-way done and it’s due tomorrow…may be a tad late, ahem…
Cheers~
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