sydney stats

The numbers tally of our lives in Sydney over the past 50 weeks.

KIDS
Number of playgroup sessions per week: 2 (Dolphins and Church)
Number of playground sessions per week: 1
Number of Macs meals per week: 1
Number of times hanging out at Coogee Beach per week: 5
Number of library sessions per week: 1
Number of Wiggles DVDs purchased: 4
Number of TV sessions per day: 2 (ABC kids in the morning and afternoon)

UNSW
Number of subjects KK studied over two semesters: 13
Number of subjects KK feels were worth his time: 4

TRANSPORT
Number of times we took taxis: 15
Number of times we took the bus for free (nice bus drivers): 5

MEDICAL
Number of times we saw the doctor (apart from vaccinations for Dee): 1 (for Day’s cough)
Number of times KK fell sick: 0
Number of times I fell sick (requiring medication): 1
Number of times Day and Dee fell sick: 3 or 4 each
Number of times any of us had to take antibiotics: 0

FOOD
Number of times we eat out: Every day (Lunch. At KK’s insistence)
Number of times KK buys a coffee outside: Once a day

RECREATIONAL
Number of times KK used the golf set he lugged over: 1 (in Tasmania)
Number of times we exercised: 0
Number of times we went on couple dates: 0
Average frequency of telephone calls made or received (local and international): Once a week or a fortnight
Number of movies watched at a movie theatre: 0
Number of computers: 2 laptops
Number of movies watched on the laptop: Average of 2 per week
Number of friends Day has made: 0 (Friend meaning someone he would refer to by name, talk about, make any sort of reference to)
Number of friends I have made who I will likely keep in touch with: Less than 5
Number of friends KK has made who he will likely keep in touch with: 0

GROOMING
Number of times KK went to a barber: 1
Number of times I went to a hairdresser: 1
Number of times KK cut his own hair: 3
Number of times I cut my own hair: 2
Number of bathing towels: 2 (shared between four family members)
Number of times I used the one lipstick I brought over: None
Number of times I wore the one pair of high heels I brought over: None

MONEY
Total amount spent: $60,000 (a third on school fees, a third on rental, a third on everything else)
Total income: $25 (for doing a very lengthy interview-survey), $10 (picked up from the road), bank interest (a few cents each time), several red packets during Chinese New Year