I turned 40 last week; that is 14,610 days (and yes I added
leap years).
If I am lucky, I have lived ½ my life; if Biotechnology can
be trusted, perhaps 2/3.
I have 1 wife, and will always have this 1 wife. In August
we will have been married 18 years, so when we are 44 we will have been married
for half of our lives (though we dated for 5 years before that, so she has
already been the 1 for over 1/2). We have 2 sons (15 and 7) and 1 daughter (13).
Of extended family I have 1 Grandmother left, though with
the Alzheimer’s she wouldn’t know me. I have 2 parents that will have been
married for 42 years in 4 days. My wife also still has both her parents, so our
children have significant relationships with their 4 grandparents. I have 4
Uncles (having lost 1) and 3 aunts (having lost 1). I think I have 15 cousins.
I have been employed by 14 different organizations,
including factories, warehouses, architectural offices, tax-preparation
services, air-shipping sorting facilities, retail establishments, and schools.
I am in my 2nd year at my current School District, in my 7th
full-time teaching year after all, so I estimate I have taught around 1,000
students.
I have entertained and enriched myself by reading 688 books
(not counting picture, children, or most young adult books), and am currently
reading another 5. My goal is to hit 1,000 well before I turn 50. I have also
read several thousand comic books and graphic novels. Of films I have seen
3379. Unless something drastic happens to free up my time I doubt this number
will reach 3500 by the time I’m 50.
As a writer I have written 37 short stories, 17 of which
have been published so far. I have written 1 complete novel, and 3 novels that are
crawling toward completedness. By the time I am fifty I would love to have published the rest of the short stories, and at least another 4 novels.
Thank you for taking several minutes from your number of years to read of mine.
Regards,
Josh
