miscellaneous fun facts while-on-tour for-10-weeks

number of weeks on tour: 10 weeks (and one day)

number of miles traveled: about 13,000

number of states traveled through: 29

number of states repeated driving through: 24 (some states we drove across 2, 3 or 4 times!)

number of states traveled through all combined!: 59

number of egg whites ingested by just me: 420

number of poop bags used by cleatus: est. 147

number of times i was injured in the rv: 2 (my teeth bit through my bottom lip on a HUGE bump and then i cut the bottom of my foot on broken glass. i know. attractive.)

number of times i made everyone watch parts of “the notebook” in the rv: 17 and counting

number of pounds of broccoli and eggplant cooked: 73 pounds

number of magazines read by riley: 0 (i still have them from august packed)

number of pages written for my next book: 0

number of times i saw snow: 2 (south bend, indiana and fort smith, arkansas)

number of times the publishers and driver swore when they saw snow: too many times

number of gumballs chewed by me: 230 and counting

largest number of people spoken to at an event: i spoke to 430+ girls at st. agnes in memphis

number of magazines before i go has been in: 2 (ok! magazine, 12/04 issue and justine magazine dec 06/jan 07 issue, on stands now!)

number of tv interviews i did on tour: 5

number of radio interviews i did on tour: 5

a new number for the times i saw snow: now 3! (webbers falls, oklahoma, sun. dec. 3rd)

i am currently in new mexico. i have today and tomorrow of travel and then will see the light of day in los angeles. sadly, i still haven’t convinced anyone to take me grocery shopping in the rv. quite frankly, i don’t understand what the big deal is.