33 – the number of years I’ve been alive
37 – the number of years my husband has been alive
1,415 – the age difference between my husband and I, in days
1997 – the year I graduated high school
1 – the number of colleges I’ve attended
0 – the number of colleges I’ve graduated from
2 – the number of times I’ve been married
1 – the number of times I’ve been divorced
8 – the number of years I was with my first husband, Drew
3 – the number of years I was a single divorced woman
4 – the number of years I’ve been with my second husband, David
19 – the number of years I’ve known David
17 – my age when I began dating David for the first time
29 – my age when I began dating David for the second time
3 – the number of c-sections I’ve had
2 – the number of times I’ve attempted vaginal birth after cesarean (vbac)
6 – the number of miscarriages I’ve had
11 – the age of my oldest daughter, Lakin
10 – the age of my second daughter, Addah
33 – the number of weeks I was pregnant when Addah was born
10 – the number of days Addah was in the NICU before she came home
17 – the age difference between my first and second daughters, in months
115 – the age difference between my second and third daughters, in months
6 – the age (in months) that my stillborn daughter Clara should be
15 – the number of cats I have owned
4 – the number of dogs I have owned
32 – the number of fish I have owned
2 – the number of pets we have now (2 beta fish)
15 – the number of cousins I have
3 – the number of siblings I have
7 – the number of website URLs I have owned
3 – the number of businesses I have owned
1 – the number of wildly successful businesses I have owned
235 – the number of notes I’ve written to the kids in the last year (all saved by my oldest in a binder)
194 – the number of the above-mentioned notes that David has doodled on for the kids in the last year
16 – the approximate number of times I tell each of the kids and David how much I love them on any given day
4 – the number of people who live in our home
6 – the number of times we’ve moved in the last 18 months
2 – the number of cars we’ve owned in the last 12 months
1 – the number of cars we currently own
3 – the number of tattoos I have
4 – the number of cities I’ve lived in: Fairfax, VA, Greenville, SC (and the surrounding area), Mount Vernon, GA, and Keller, TX
6 – the average number of hours I sleep each night
4 – the average number of sodas I drink in any given day
2 – the number of car lines I sit in for school pick up on every school day
75 – the approximate number of minutes I spend sitting in school car lines on every school day
14 – the number of times I’ve been interrupted while writing this post
27 – the number of things I’d like to get done before I pick the kids up from school today
95 – the number of minutes available to do those 27 things before I get in car line to pick the kids up from school today
I borrowed the idea of recording my Life in Numbers from Erin, who got it from Greta at GFunkified. It’s (sadly) too late to join in the linky fun on Greta’s post, but if you write (or have already written) your own Life in Numbers post, feel free to add your link in the comments!
So what are your numbers?
