Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Utah by the Numbers


Number of kilometers travelled in a single day: 1,517

Number of Finns seen: 12

Total tanks of gas used: 5

Conference sessions in which I dozed at least once: 4

Conference sessions in the conference centre: 1

Heart attacks of joy from hearing that Sister Julie B. Beck would be speaking in that session: 2

Calories consumed at Cafe Rio: at least 1000

Number of mission buddies seen: 12

Number of Elders hugged (and it didn't even feel weird!): 8

NIghts away from home: 5

Proportion of those nights spent in an actual bed: 40%

Proportion of those nights spent on a couch 2 feet smaller than me or the cushion thereof: 40%

Total hours of sleep: maybe 20, if I count the half hour accidental nap I took during Sunday afternoon session

Servings of Wooz and Syd's delicious ham and scalloped potatoes: 2

Number of times I was exhorted to "Move to Zion": 12,897,348,623,857,029,749,023,493,014,901,284.

Dollars spent at the BYU bookstore: $36.45

Awkward and compromising pictures taken: 1

Winks from an apostle: 1

Showers taken with zero water pressure and a showerhead that's 5 feet from the ground: 4, every time I was taking a shower in a BYU apartment

How much I wish I could see these awesome pals every weekend: pretty much 100%

4 comments:

reddy said...

Now the real question is, how many elders did you hug and it actually was awkwatd?

thepedaller said...

I'm glad you had such a great trip. I'm glad you're back though and hopefully have no plans of moving to 'zion'.

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Katey said...

Which apostle? Please remind those friends of yours that the actual definition is not "Utah" but "wherever the Saints are". Remember the scripture about two or three gathered in His name? Egads! That means that even Slave Lake qualifies! While Utah has no shortage of mormons, we certainly need more up here. Tell them that they should all move North instead. Glad that you had such a wonderful trip.