The Number Game

It's a short, steep hike up to the top, involving a vertical ladder,
and we saw a bunny on the way.

Pancakes: 1.5
Minutes late for Mass: 45
Whole-wheat Ritz crackers: 12
Minutes with Dad: 90
Crisp New York State apples shared with him: 1
Times Stephen Colbert spotted: 1 [walking his dog with his wife, I assume, when I was leaving Van Dyk Manor with Sug, who barked at the Colbert dog]
Cups of drinking chocolate from Whole Foods: 1
Hours with Punch: 5 going on 6, and into the night
Steps up to the Hawk Watch in Montclair with H., Sug and Punch, to look down on the town and out onto glittering NYC: too many to count
Times invited Figgy to join us on the little Hawk Watch nature outing, to no avail: 3

Friends who came for dinner: 4, and 1 young one

Timeouts Punch needed while friends were here: 7

Times yelled No! at H. for giving Punch a paint set to play with on the kitchen floor: 1
Times apologized to guests and then to H. for above yelling: 1
Calls from front desk because neighbors below said we were too loud: 1
Glasses of wine: 2
Figgy's favorite books read to Punch at bedtime: 2
Wash loads: 1
Dish loads: 1
Miles driven on an empty gas tank: 10
Fresh pineapples cut into cubes: 1
Dollars spent: 17
Pints of fresh blackberries bought on sale [2 for $5]: 2
Prayers said: 4

Sweet dreams.