Two days ago, I turned 30.

As if being a writer didn’t make me reflective enough, adding a looming birthday to the mix sure did. So, what better way to commemorate one’s twenties than a numerically-themed blog post? Here’s twenty numbers, to describe the last ten years…

• 8: residences in…
• 4 cities in…
• 2 states*
• 1: home owned
• 1: Bachelors degree earned
• 300 pop songs obsessed over
• 18 male celebrities swooned over
• 1: husband married
• 1: pet rabbit raised
• 1: pet dog welcomed
• 5: countries traveled*
• 10: states visited
• 2: novels completed
• 2: more novels outlined
• 215,000+ words of fiction written
• 50+ flights taken
• 1,825ish cups of coffee consumed
• 0: tattoos tatted/piercings pierced
• 1: tattoo still under consideration
• 11 jobs worked***
• Bonus: 2 major dreams determined for my 30s

*Seattle, Spokane, Anaheim, Irvine/Washington, California.
**Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, +1 principality (Monaco)
***counting part-time student jobs

While it’s a bit early to make any significant predictions about my 30s as a whole, I can say that the first two days have been awesome. Here’s what they’ve entailed:

• 2 dear friends in town visiting
• 2 more who came out for the whole day
• 2 more who came out to dinner
• 2 family members who joined in
• 1 winery
• 1 hard cider tasting room
• 1 brewery
• 2 favorite restaurants
• COUNTLESS ALPACAS