Numbers

This morning Kamala suggested I write a post on numbers.  I thought about counting all the times we repeat tasks during the day, or the random events that occur in sets. 

10 (or so) cockroaches running around the kitchen floor this morning avoiding the bug spray.  They're sprinters!

9 little boys who opened their letters from home who needed help reading English.  I've learned to paraphrase and hit the major points.  Wilson loved the toy car tucked in the envelope of his letter. 

2 nerdy English teachers sitting around playing with www.worditout.com

16 batteries that power the guesthouse during the day before city power turns on.  So far, the power has not gone out during this trip!

3 delicious meals prepared by Janet and Venise and countless laughter enducing conversations over said meals.

2 little girls (Estaline and Adnaika) who needed to be rescued from the rough playing boys.

1 application of bug spray before walking over to the Transition House.

1 intern who doesn't know who LL Cool J is.  Really.  She is 22.

6 or so applications of anti itch spray to the mosquito bite on my left elbow. 

14 times Kamala and I laughed over random things like trying to count and the letters R and W.

2 friends sitting on the roof at sunset talking about how we're all broken.