Numbers

I found myself at Bread Co this morning. I was supposed to have a meeting, but the person I was meeting with had to cancel. So, I decided to stick around anyway. I have never been one of those people who just goes to a place like Bread Co. and reads or does homework. But I was already there so I ordered.

1 Cinnamon Crunch Bagel...in the bread slicer
1 honey walnut cream cheese spread
1 small Pepsi

This morning I read started reading Numbers. The first couple chapters are pretty much census numbers.
"So all those listed of the people of Israel, twelve men, each representing people of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, very man able to go to war in Israel- all those listed were 603,550." Numbers 1:45-46

603,550 people! holy cow. So then I started thinking ...how did they get these numbers? I mean there wasn't like electronic mailing and by the time they got all the people, new ones would be born. Although, perhaps that's why they only counted those over 20 years of age. But you would still have people going from 19 to 20. Hmmm... interesting. Obviously these numbers are all a rough estimate because they are all multiples of 50.

I'm one of those people who can look at a crowd of 300 people and if someone asked me how many people were there i would say 50. I have no eye for numbers like that. Even food. I always get a plate of food and think , man this is not going to be enough to fill me up. Half way through the meal I end up waving the white flag and staring at a plate that is not even close to being empty.

Welp, after reading through all of that I don't know how they got those numbers, I just think it's funny how insanely huge the numbers are.

And i found out that I really enjoy that whole eat bfast at a cafe while reading thing.

it was quite peaceful...