By the Numbers: Weekend at the Beach Edition

Minutes by which we missed the drop off time at the doggie hotel:  8

Hours our departure was delayed because we missed the morning drop off time at the doggie hotel:  2.5

Phone calls to alternative doggie hotels:  5

Booked solid alternative doggie hotels:  5

Storms driven through on our way to the beach:  3

Times my husband thought we should turn the van around and cancel the trip:  937

Times my husband suggested we turn the van around and cancel the trip:  1

Relatives sharing our suite in Maine:  2 + (we) 4 = 6

Square footage of our suite in Maine:  85

Cost per night:  $260.00

Beloved stuffed animal forgotten at home:  1

Tears shed over forgotten animal:  793

Rounds of musical beds the girls played the first night:  3

Time Addison woke up on Saturday morning:  5:26

Time we were on the beach Saturday morning:  6:15

Bottles of sunscreen applied: 3.5

Noses that burned anyway: 1

Sandcastles built:  4

Trenches dug:  1

Hearts drawn in the sand:  17

Pounds of sand in swimsuits:  eleventy million

Waves body surfed, boogie boarded, jumped over, crashed into, or otherwise causing high-pitched squeals of laughter:  infinite

Books packed and transported back and forth between beach and motel:  3

Chapters read:  .5

Pairs of shoes ruined:  1

Phone calls to check on very pregnant sister:  4

Cell phones dropped in parking lot:  2

Cell phones dropped in ocean:  1

Purses/handbags/totes purchased:  6

Times Brother-in-law whined about getting ice-cream:  44

Times we got ice-cream:  2

Wedding party photos Addison accidentally crashed:  1

Lighthouses visited:  4

Stones skipped:  3 dozen

DD iced coffees consumed on trip home:  2

Storms driven through on the way home:  1

Bikers flipping us the bird:  1

Reason for gesture:  unknown.  Seriously, we'd love to know.

Piles of laundry waiting to be done:  5

Perfect weekend at the beach:  1

Comments

[Mom]

Thanks for the numbers! It sounds like you had a really good time and I just wish I could have gone with you~~~another number for you and just what you would have needed. I know you had a great time and I love ALL of the pictures. Love

[Aunt Lindy]

Great blog! You make it seem so easy. How do you do that? The girls are water bugs so I know you all had a great time. So where did doggie stay? Love you...