Numbers

This is my 270th post on this blog (holy moly!). When I started out on January 1st, my intention was to write one every single say for a total of 365 at the end of the year. I will have 365, but the plans kind of changed a long the way. Life got in the way, and I was busy and stressed at various points. Who isn't, right? Some months back, I decided to give myself a break, cut myself some slack. My obligations became overwhelming, and my writing started to feel like just that, an obligation. This blog has certainly help me keep to my goal of writing daily, but I had to make some adjustments. Some days I can't write. Either time gets away from me, or my brain stops functioning coherently. Instead of freaking out or giving up, I have adapted by making up posts, and on some days I write two. On occasion, I've even written three in one day. Anyway you slice it, on December 31st, I will have a full year- 365 posts. I'm not usually a  numbers person, but I couldn't help myself. I wanted to take a look back. Here are some numbers that make me feel pretty good:

• I have (now) written 270 blog posts on this blog alone
• As of the last two days somewhere, I have has over 5000 hits to this blog! That's more than any other blog I've written.
• My most widely read post was I Believe I Would, a poem about my husband. It got 118 hits.
• My second most widely pos was also about my husband, it was about our 20th anniversary and it got 98 hits. I guess people love to read about love!
• I've written 29 posts about my work.
• I've written 19 posts about my son.
• I've written 23 posts with a number in the title.
• I've written 72 poems.