statistics

Inspired by a friend’s tally… (it can actually be fun to sit down and think about)

*20 moves, (soon to be 21), 8 moves were to/from or intra-college/Annapolis moves
*18 residences
*9 single family homes, 5 apartments, 5 rooms in 3 dorms
*8 cities
*7 states (AL, NJ, PA, IL, KY, NC, MD)
*total non-family roommates: 5 (all female)
*total family roommates: 4
*total pet roommates: 3 (all dogs)
*most roommates at one time: 3 (once)
*fewest roommates at one time: 0 (four times)
*former roomies I’m still friends with: all 5
*instances of a roomie bailing on me: 0
*instances of me bailing on a roomie/roomies: 1
*longest in one state: 7 years
*longest in one city: 6 years (twice)
*residences under a year: 11
*shortest in a state/residence: 2.5 months
*evictions: 0
*favorite cities: Annapolis, Lexington, Newtown
*least favorite cities: York, Naperville
*most cramped home: historic Annapolis, Maryland Avenue, 2 bedroom, 1 bath for 4 people. Gotta love those creaky floorboards!

Since everyone is always amazed at how much I drive…. (and travel…)

• Countries traveled to: 20
• Canadian Provinces traveled to: 5 (Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, B.C., Yukon)
• States traveled to: 48
• States not traveled to: 2, Hawaii & Oklahoma
• Most States seen on any one trip: 24
• Major Road trips taken in U.S.: 5
• Total drives of 8+ hours: too many to count
• All-night drives: 5-6
• Total drives between Lexington and Annapolis: 21 at least
• Total weeks of living out of a car or suitcase: 16
• Longest stretch without a shower: 8 days
• Longest travel time: 8 and a half weeks
• Longest road trip: 3 and a half-4 weeks
• Longest distance driven on one trip: 10,000+ miles (almost twice)
• Longest consecutive interval of driving: 28 hours+, Seattle to St. Paul
• Times pulled over: 2
• Interval between being pulled over: less than 15 hours
• Traffic tickets: 1 ($20.00)
• Cars traveled in: GMC Explorer van, Toyota Corolla (Dart), Subaru Forester (Atlas)
• My infamous traffic violation, uncaught: going 75 in a 50mph construction zone in Houston during rush-lunch hour
• Favorite drives: Going-to-the-Sun highway, Glacier Nat’l Park in MT; Route 1 in CA
• National Parks/Monuments/Sites visited: 36
• Favorite time to drive: graveyard shift (midnight-6am)
• Trick to staying awake: Frappuccinos and tootsie roll pops and good dialogue
• Favorite place: I can’t even try
• Place I would never live: Whittier, Alaska
• Where next? Pensacola, FL; Miami, FL; Belarus and Lithuania