With the Flash and the Pan post this morning, I am at number 485.
That’s how far I have to go (484 more actually.)
That’s the number of posts I have left to fulfill the vow of reviewing or writing about the 678 vinyl records I collected, mostly in my teens or 20s (1970s, 1980’s). Although I do have some newer vinyl, which sounds very good I must say. And I have a little bit from the ’50s and ’60s.
I’m doing it with diminishing brain function. I have Lewy body dementia and am trying to raise awareness to this misunderstood and little known disease which affects more than a million people. Please read up on this by going back through my blog, and reading about my thoughts and experience. Also go to the Lewy Body Dementia Association website at LBDA.org
So let’s do the math on My Vinyl Countdown. From 678. Counting backwards I am on 485. (This is the number that appears at the top of each blog spot next to the artists’ name I am reviewing.)
So 678-485 = 193. I have reviewed and written about 193 albums right now.
That is 193/11 (months) = 17.5. That’s how many I have been doing per month.
So 485/17.5 = 28. That’s how many more months I have if I keep at this pace. Two years and four months.
I have vowed to live long enough to do this, but I am compelled to chug through this to complete the task. I was diagnosed two years ago. On the high end, survival after diagnosis averages 7 years. I’ve done 2 so that gives me 5 years left of life.
PREDICTION:
I’ll complete this in 30 months, with 30 months to spare on my life span.