When Sheep Cannot Sleep

This week I was completely anal about counting all the stuff I saw and number of times I did something, so here are my findings*:

Time in class (physically): 12 hrs

Time in class (mentally):2 hrs

Chemicals spilt in lab: 2 (Sodium Hydroxide & Methylene Chloride)

Glassware broken: 1 (25 mL Erlenmeyer flask)

Time at work: 15 hrs

Average outside temperature: 93 F/ 34 C

Thunderstorm(s): 1

Tornado(s): 0.76 (it passed close)

Distance travelled in car (10 day total): 298 mi/ 504 km

Number of gentlemen’s clubs/strip bars passed on way to school: 3

Number of times stopped: Sadly 0

Number of cop cars seen (while driving): 7

Number of cop cars seen (parked at donut shops/Starbucks/Einstein Bagels): 4

Number of yo-yo tricks attempted: 12

Yo-yo tricks succesfully performed: 2

Number of times yo-yo hit face/glasses: 2

Number of times went mountain biking: 4 (2 road/2 trail)

Number of bunny hops/jumps: 3

Number of bunny hops/jumps landed: 0.5 (I’m still working on it)

Number of wheelies: 0.36 (…almost there)

Number of times swimming: 3

Number of overweight people present (during swims): 6

Number of hot chicks in bikinis (during swims): 1 (some people have all the luck!)

Band practices: 2

BBQs: 1.5 (ran out of propane gas)

Packed sandwich lunches at work/school: 3

"Surprise sandwiches" (left in backpack from last week) found: 1

"Surprise sandwiches" eaten: 0.5 (before realizing that I did not pack a lunch)

Packets of instant noodles eaten (Maggi, Ramen, etc.): 1

Meals involving rice eaten: 4

Meals involving raw fish: 1

Patience and time left to finish this list: 0 (so let’s call it Pt. 1 for now)

Now that I’ve got the counting bug stuck in your head, I bid you farewell and have a nice week!

*For those of you who are numerically-inclined, I did not tabulate all the frickin days/hours of the week so don’t email me saying "Hey you are missing 17 hours from the week. Did you get stuck in a time warp?" cause I will personally hunt you down and -expletive deleted-

For those who don’t already know, my cousin and best friend Reuben was in a car crash last week. It was a pretty bad wreck but he is in stable condition.

He suffered from some serious burns on his legs and body so he is currently being warded at the burn unit at Hospital Kuala Lumpur. He also has a fractured vertebra. Fortunately, he still has control and function of his arms and legs.

He’s a tough guy and a total warrior, so I know he’ll get through this stuff. I still can’t help wishing I can be there with you bro. Can’t wait to be home and we can hit the streets again. Get better soon… we still got lots of rocking to do. Love ya bro.

If any of you get a chance to go see him, send him my thoughts and tell him I’ll be with him all the way.