g^(t+a)/(F + c^n) = H
g = how many girl activities involving transportation in the upcoming 24 hours (each separate trip, including school)
t = how many teeth are coming in on Leo
a = how many doses of acetaminophen (tylenol) Leo has received for his fever & teething in the past 24 hours
F = degrees temperature (Fahrenheit)
c = number of cars available
n = number of naps Leo has had in the past 24 hours that were not in a car
H = how crazy I am (the "Craysee Quotient")
Yesterday, H = 53. High but manageable. To put that into perspective, if it were mid-May, a Tuesday afternoon, no car trouble? On that kind of perfect day, with 2 naps, no teething, no tylenol, etc., H might be as low as 1/74 (or .0135135 repeating). Last week Thursday before the van died, H = 1.4545 repeating.
Today it is 744.
The good news about that is that two days ago, Tuesday? H = 38173
The best news? We found a very reasonable car at Enterprise. 43xxx miles on it, seats six. Not a minivan, but a Mazda 5. It will be the stop-gap vehicle. We can drive it with small kids but once kids would be big, it would not be comfortable for whichever child wound up in the third row. And at that point, if all goes well and it doesn't happen sooner, Mike's car will be about done. Then this one will be Mike's car and we'll get something big enough to transport the 5 of us at the same time. But for now, I'm really happy about this. We get it tomorrow. Which means tomorrow morning? Assuming Leo's teeth and headcold don't subside, we'll be talking H = 5.12. Ah.
7 comments:
So glad you found something to drive! Good luck with all else. :(
And just how many teeth does Leo seem to be cutting at once? Poor baby!
Your H-factor experiences quite the fluctuations! I will hope for many lows for you.
Your equation looks beautiful, madame.
I'm not going to lie. That equation is too confusing for me. BUT - yay for getting a new car! I can't even imagine how much more helpful everything will be at that point :)
Wow, thank goodness you got a new car! It will be wonderful, I think. I take it you worked out your sitch with payments and tuition, etc.?
we thought outside the proverbial box--went to enterprise instead of looking for new, lucked into a good interest rate, and our first payment isn't due til mi-march so we have only 3 double-up months! whew!
You're the crazy maths lady, and no doubt about it!
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