Norene by the Numbers

So I turned 28 today...birthdays remind me how all the numbers in my life always grow.

22 years of playing the piano...
14 years since starting high school...
12 years of having a drivers license...
10 years since graduating high school...
7 years since graduating with my BA...
6 years of teaching...
4 years (going on 5) of marriage...
3 years of Ella in my life...
2 years since graduating with my M.Ed...
4 months since Layla was born...

I have had my oldest friend for 22 years and my longest memory for 25 years. I'm starting my 7th year of my career, teaching at the same place since day one. My students no longer see me as a young teacher, and have even had one argue with me that I was alive in 1979.

Yep, I'm pushing 30...and I'm okay with that.