Daddy’s funerals: 1
Deaths I will never get over: 1
Seeing Hasan Minhaj film his stand-up special here at Davis: 1
Other Mondavi shows: 3
Major Pet Injuries: 0
Dinner parties hosted: about 51
Book contracts obtained: 2
Benefits for Charity with my Stand-Up Club: 3
Countries visited (Colombia, Wales, England, Scotland, Australia): 5
Books read: a lot
First-Aid trainings: 1
Courses taught (including independent studies): 17
Plays seen: 23
New Atwood series binged: 2
Countries with Nando’s visited and enjoyed: 3
Koala butts touched: 1
Kangaroos seen: a bunch
Live platypi seen: 0
Body parts sprained while falling down stairs: 2
Canes my son made me buy: 1
Unsuccessful dates: I don’t wanna go back and count them
Formal whiskey tastings: 1
Castles/Palaces/Prisons toured: 7
Stand-Up Performances about Chronic Pain: 2
Nieces and nephews I got to spend time with: 6
Times I finally got a smartphone: 1
Churches visited: a surprising amount, but never during a service
Visits with the Out of Fucks Writing Group: 1
Times that Margaret’s gluten intolerance got us an amazing free meal: 1
New used cars obtained: 1
Mysterious synchronous flat tires on old car: 2
Salt mines with salt cathedrals entered (of the Virgin of Salty Water): 1
New recipes tried: a lot (and almost all were great!)
Sleepless nights: too many
Conferences Presented at: 8
Weird hotel rooms in Australia: 1
Overheard tourists who had no idea what Alice in Wonderland was: 2
Alice Days in Oxford: 1
Weeks in Oxford: 5
Times I made jokes about studying at Jesus college: too many
Times I’ve met Raj Patel now: 1
Fairy penguins seen: lots!
Aardman exhibits: 1
Harry Potter Studio Tours: 1
Tests of Spinal Cord Stimulators: 1
Museums and Galleries: a lot!
Wonderful students: almost all of them
Times I’ve asked a man holding a machine gun if I can go into the space he’s blocking (in Spanish): 1
Times that’s worked: 1
Reasons Melissa and I will never live in Colombia: 2 (they aren’t a wine drinking culture, and you can’t flush toilet paper)
Margaret Atwood seminars taught: 1
Wisdom teeth removed: 1
Asses I’ve made of myself: a bunch
Medical appts: about 4 a week
Piles of unorganized files, cds, flash drives, etc. that I inherited from Daddy and have to go through and organize: enough to last a lifetime
Sense that I inherited Daddy’s organization skills: diminished
Trips with my work wife: 4
Nights of seeing stand-up: 10
New exotic meats tried (kangaroo): 1
Heat waves in other countries: 1
New favorite Australian fish (barramundi): 1
Amazing bars found in Cincinnati: 1
Nights at the amazing bar in Cincinnati: 2
Mix CDs made: 3
Doctor Who courses taught: 1
Doctor Who Experiences in Wales: 1
Boyfriends obtained: 1
Monkey went with me.
The most dapper on-site coordinator
Things I want in 2018: 8
More movies, more plays, more comedy, more time with friends, more countries, more adventures, more new recipes, more sleep.
