Fermented Mare's Milk

Number of hours left in Bishkek: 10

Number of hours of travel to follow: 27

Time in Bishkek when we leave: 6:35 am, Monday

Time in Boston when we arrive: 8:05 pm, Monday

Number of hits on this page since November: just south of 5,000

Estimated amount of mutton eaten since November, in kilograms: 23,456,789

Number of bags packed and waiting in our living room: 7

Estimated collective weight of said bags, in kilograms: 150

Estimated percentage of that weight caused by gifts and souvenirs: 87

Estimated percentage of that weight caused by shoes and clothes: < 1

Number of bags given this morning to a charity: 11

Estimated percentage of the donations involving clothing and shoes: 92

Number of pairs of underwear staying behind in the Bishkek trash: 14

Number of pairs of socks staying behind in Bishkek's trash: 26

Most unexpected addiction to crop up since November: Merinda orange soda

Number of times I will again have to "sleep" in the bed in our apartment: 0

Level of my glee on realizing that fact this morning, on a level of 1 to 10: 9.5

Number of hours between landing in Boston and my first massage appointment: 19

Estimated enjoyment factor of said massage, on a scale of 1 to 10: 11

Length of layover at Heathrow, in hours: 6

How said layover will be spent: basking in the glow of a pregnant friend

Number of years since last seeing said friend: 7

Number of children who have cried because I am leaving Bishkek: 1

Number of adults who have cried because I am leaving Bishkek: 0

Song listened to most while in Bishkek, according to iTunes stats: "Strange," Patsy Cline

How much that stat shocks me, on a scale of 1 to 10: 8.5

Number of potential rental properties we are already scheduled to visit next week: 11

Number of dogs I've stopped to pet in Bishkek since November: 987

Number of weeks still between me and seeing my dogs: 2

Desire to end this list, on a scale of 1 to 10: 9.5

Number of posts remaining on this blog: > 2 (so stay tuned...)