indicators

In the spirit of the multiple reports I have read and the Excel file I'm creating to capture the (old-fashioned, paper) survey I made up, I thought I would do an entry using some indicators. Life so far in the DR, in numbers:

Flashcards made for new words and acronyms (approx.): 85
Flashcards studied: 0
Degrees knee currently bent: 45
Hours (avg.) between power outages at home: 24
Hours (avg.) between power outages at work: 6
Hours (avg.) between water outages at home: 72
Mice caught in kitchen: 2
Beaches visited: 1
Times "La Isla Bonita" played last night at downstairs bar: 4
Colleagues owning CDs featuring pan pipe versions of 80s soft rock: 2
Price of large (think 40 oz) beer at downstairs bar, in pesos: 80
Jars peanut butter consumed: 1.5
Visitors expected from the US: 4
"Evaluation tools" pulled out of my rear: 2
Pesos invested in phone calls to US: 700
Mosquito bites on right calf: 5
Books read (due to lack of television): 8

You know, you have never really appreciated "Hello" by Lionel Richie until you have heard it on the pan pipe.