- 73 : Days in Pre Service Training
77 : Days since I left home (counting my travel day and staging in D.C.)
8 (I think?) : HUB Days
2027 : Pictures I’ve taken
9 : Times I’ve taught (practicum schools and model schools)
9 : Books I’ve finished reading since boarding the plane (still working on 10, 11, and 12)
7 : Number of words for rice I have learned in either Bahasa Indonesia or Javanese
40 (approx.) : Family members (of my current host family) I’ve met
1,194 : Number of books loaded onto my Kindle (gettin’ ready for Ramadan- Read-A-Thon!)
6 : Number of physical books I borrowed from the Peace Corps library (ok, ok, so I’m a book hoarder. But I read them fast and I give them back or pass them on!)
5 : Items of clothing I’ve had tailor-made
190 (approx.) : Number of times I’ve eaten rice (3 times a day every day)
11 : The most hours I slept in one day while in Batu (and yet I’m still tired?)
4 : AM – the earliest I got up on any given day
7 : PM – the earliest I went to bed on any given day
1 : Birthday I’ve had in a country outside the states
9 : Number of weeks it took my youngest host brother to warm up to me (now he is basically attached to me)
3 : Number of hours I played foursquare yesterday
12 : cards/packages I’ve received from friends and family back home (you guys are seriously the best and it makes my day every time. Terima kasih – thank you!)
2.5 : Months complete, 24 to go!