numbers, numbers, numbers...

5 - The number of times I walked through Capitol Square today.

5.5% - The sales tax rate in Dane County. Not to be confused with other counties in Wisconsin, where the sales tax rate is 5%. Way to make it easy and non-confusing for us gift shop clerks, people.

3 - The number of times I nearly became a bloody smear on the road today, courtesy of drivers and bikers around here who get a bit, umm, CREATIVE in the ways they interpret traffic signage.

2 - The number of times I went back and forth about what to wear in this 95 degree heat.

4 - The number of people who busted out singing with me in Subway this afternoon when Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" started playing on the radio.

87 - How many times throughout the day I thought about this weekend, and getting together with my family in Illinois.