baumer's index*

Number of round trips to India since late June: 3
Total number of miles flown: 61,316
Number of those miles seated in coach: 59,730
Frequent flier miles earned: 119,735
Approximate number of hours spent traveling: 180
Number of those hours in business class: 6
Number of standard work days represented by 180 hours of travel: 22.5
Total number of days spent in India: 110
Number of those days sick with traveler's illness: 0
Number of Indian linguists hired for last month's start date at the Mumbai office: 7
Number of linguist job offers accepted so far for January 2008 start date: 6
Target of new hires for January : 8-10
Percentage of DA Team expats who kick ass and without whom I'd have been lost: 100

*pace Harper's Index