Figures of the Journey

0800: time departed from Asheville
5 hours: time it took to drive through Virginia
7: number of states we drove through the first day
5: number of sappy cards and going away wishes from close friends found in the car 1/2 way there
0: number of cuss words spoken
734: number of times I demanded "where did I95 go?!" while driving through the Bronx
8: number of hours spent listening to books on tape
1: number of books on tape completed ("Their Eyes Were Watching God" = excellent book!!)
3: number of times we got a good view of the Atlantic (or some harbor of which) on the drive up
16.7: average miles per gallon of gas
57: average speed pulling the U-Haul
22: number of dollars in tolls
55: number of gallons of gas burned
2200: approximate time we stopped for the night
2: number of hours remaining on day 2 of driving
2: number of states driven through on day 2
858: total miles traveled
4: the ridiculous amount of hours we spent "checking in" with Marie (the very picky landlady)
7: the number of u-turns and/or 3 point turns I attempted with the trailer
1: number of hours unloading in the pitch dark because Marie consumed all the daylight
3: number of hours spent trying to find a U-haul dealer at which to drop it off after
1: the number of hours spent trying to get the door of the U-Haul to close in steadily falling snow
45???: number of hours spent unpacking, organizing, and making our house a home
2: very happy people settled into a very nice apartment in Amherst, MA after
15: the number of months we've been together as of today.