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Number of times I thrilled to make this nephew smile by dangling him back and forth and saying, “Tick tock, Min o’clock!”: 4 (okay, 4,000)<\/p>\n
Number of New Year’s parties attended: 3<\/p>\n
Number at which there were tragically not enough good desserts: 1 (I won’t say which, but if you served bread pudding, you were off the hook.)<\/p>\n
Number of movies seen: 3 (Avatar, Broken Embraces, A Single Man)<\/p>\n
Number of which were style over substance: 2 (Broken Embraces had both)<\/p>\n
Number of amazing books read: 1 (River Town, by Peter Hessler, about teaching English in China)<\/p>\n
Number of times I went into bookstores seeking his second book, including times I decided not to because it was too heavy, before capitulating: 4<\/p>\n
Number of amazing earrings received: 2 (thanks, Mom!)<\/p>\n
Number of times I cursed myself for hiding one of these pairs of earrings in an incredibly stupid place because I was too lazy to put them away someplace better\u00a0: countless.<\/p>\n
Number of friends seen: not sure I can count this one, either, but I am glad for all the meals!<\/p>\n
Number of hours our plane was delayed on the way home: 3, but at least we weren’t flying from Newark, which apparently was shut down for security delays.<\/p>\n
Number of times I felt grateful and happy: many, many, many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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