My year in numbers

My age in dog years: 8
Weight: 160
Resting pulse rate: 65
Years married to Ellen: 25
Hours spent sleeping: 2920 (equivalent of 122 days)
Cups of Peets coffee consumed: 750
Mai tais consumed: 1
Hangovers (see above): 1
Air miles traveled: 21,800

TSA enhanced pat-downs: 0

Days spent in the company of Nick and/or Allie: 17
Digital photos downloaded to desktop: 3360
Books read: 23
Time (in hours) spent in prayer: 100
Time (in hours) spent on Facebook: 61
Time (in hours) spent teaching journalism class (one term): 35
Time (in hours) spent reading student work: 95
Blog posts at The Ogler: 103
Pageviews (per month) for The Ogler: 1692
Miles run: 1003
Calories burned by running: 100,000
Calories consumed from potato chips: 7500
Longest run (in miles): 10
Shortest run (in yards): 500 (before Abby barfed and I had to stop)
Sprint triathlons completed: 1
Miles swum: 0.25
Finishing time for triathlon: 1:39.49
Dollars fundraised for “Tri for Life”: 3326
Score of best (and only) golf round: 79
Times Abby ran away from home: 3
Breakfasts at Elmer’s: 7
Nights spent at the Sea Shanty: 13
Number of surgeries: 5
PET/CT scans: 3
Cumulative radiation exposure (in millisieverts): 75
Background radiation exposure (in millisieverts): 2.2
My cost (in dollars) for a single PET/CT scan: 3426
Number of metastases detected by PET/CT: 0
Miles driven to receive medical care: 1762
Minutes spent under anesthesia chatting with my surgeon: 30
Cubic yards of compost spread in garden: 18
Tomatoes (in pounds) harvested: 90
Blueberries (in pounds) harvested (one plant): 40
Pears (in pounds) harvested (one tree): 200
Blossoms in my rose garden: 2
Cost (in dollars) to build fence to keep deer from eating rosebuds: 2135
Dollars spent on new plants: 317
Days of joy: 357
Days of sorrow: 8
Days of grace: 365