1 times during the week when I use internet.
11 number of monkeys I have seen.
1 number of camels I have seen.
1 number of times, per week, that I eat fish. Every Friday night at dinner with the Jesuits.
6 number of months it took me to realize that the mystery meat served on Tuesdays at school lunch is in fact liver.
4 number of times I have eaten whole boxes on Mac & Cheese sent from home… all by myself.
0 number of times I have driven a car in the past year.
25 approximate number of cards I have received from my Aunt June and Uncle Tom.
2 number of poisonous spiders (the size of my hand) that I have killed. Number of those I have seen… countless.
3 number of jelly fish stings I have gotten while swimming in the Indian Ocean .
2 number of motor cycles I have been on.
4 times in the past year that I have watched the movie “Love Actually”.
4 number of seasons of Heroes (the television series) I have watched in TZA.
4 number of seasons of Brothers and Sisters (another television series) I have watched in TZA.
4 times during the year when I take de-worming medicine.
4 times during the year when I am supposed to re-apply mosquito repellant to my bug net.
1 number of times I have had malaria.
2 number of times I have had to give stool samples.
4 number of hospitals I have visited.
6 number of days I have worn contact lenses.
1 days of the week that I shave my beard, Monday mornings.
22 approximate number of pounds I have lost in one year.
2 number of belts that I own which have saved my life this year.
9 number of months since I last cut my hair.
3 number of average of times during the day when a student or stranger touches my hair.
3 number of times I have been to Moshi , Tanzania
2 number of times I have been to Dodoma , Tanzania
1 number of times I have been to each of the following places around Tanzania : Zanzibar
5 approximate number of visitors coming to Tanzania
3 number of books I am in the middle of reading.
2-3 number of scoops of instant coffee I add to a frozen water bottle that I consume each morning. Iced coffee is wonderful.
5 number of minutes it takes me to walk to work.
1,320 number of students at Loyola High School
153 number of students I teach.
153 number of students who constantly remind and redefine my ideas of patience, determination and love.
39 number of students that I am the homeroom teacher of.
45 number of students in Arts & Design Club of which I am the club patron.
4 number of days I have spent in parent-teacher conferences.
1 number of staff meetings we have each week.
8 number of Jesuits who work at Loyola.
60 approximate number of teachers at Loyola.
7 number of older women who work at Loyola who have crushes on me.
2 number of those women who are nuns.
2 number of school-wide, outdoor assemblies we have each week.
3 number of students who have promised to come home with me next year.
12 number of students who performed songs, dances or poems in our last class together. Celine Dion, Justin Bieber and Lil’ Wayne
4 number of co-workers that I can call my friends.
6 number of students who have requested to be my friend on facebook.
0 number of students I have accepted to be my friend on facebook.
10 (in the AM) time of the day when I have my favorite meal: Tea Break. Tea with milk and doughnuts.
26 number of lessons per week I taught last term.
12 number of English Writing classes per week.
6 number of Oral English classes per week.
6 number of Values classes per week.
2 number of Catholic Religion classes per week.
3 number of people in my current community/house.
9 number of Jesuit Volunteers currently serving in Tanzania
4 number of people who will be in my community/house.
3 age of the person I last celebrated a birthday with.
3 number of guests who came over to celebrate my birthday last October.
300 amount in Tanzanian shillings it costs to take a bus into town.
9 number of Maasai shukas I own.
2 number of articles of traditional-ish clothing Muslim men wear that I own.
980 number of songs on my iPod.
76 number of Christmas songs I have in my iTunes account.
5 number of times I have gone out for dancing.
3 number of memory cards full of pictures I have taken.
6 number of shirts I have made out of CRAZY Tanzanian fabrics.
45 number of pairs of socks I brought to a humid, tropical country.
20 number of pairs of socks I have yet to use.
3 number of hours on average it takes to wash three weeks worth of my dirty clothes by hand.
2 number of hours on average it takes for the sun to dry my hand washed clothes.
2 approximate number of gallons of water an average bucket shower requires.
4 approximate number of hours it takes to collect, boil, cool and then filter drinking water.
3 approximate number of hours it takes to sort rice and beans for rocks, sticks or insects, to cook and then prepare for a meal.
14 number of bus rides lasting more than 8 hours I have taken this year.
105 number of minutes an average Catholic mass runs.
4 number of guests we had over for Thanksgiving.
7 number of dishes served at our Thanksgiving this year.
2 number of new tattoos I want to get when I return home. Sorry Mom/Dad.
7 days of the week that I think about something relating to Disney movies or parks.
2-4 number of meals I prepare from scratch per week.
5 number of days it usually takes three of us to finish a jar on peanut butter.
3 number of times I have eaten Ethiopian food this year.
2 number of times I have eaten pizza this year.
1 number of cheese burgers I have had this year.
1 number of times I have carried a goat into a wedding.
1 number of times per week that I eat French fries for dinner.
358 number of days I have lived in Tanzania
384 number of days I have left in Tanzania
This might be the coolest thing I have ever read! All I can think when I read this is: "Damn, Shea is freakin' incredible and I miss him to pieces." But guess what. Absence only makes the heart grow fonder. :)
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