Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Important numbers ... ish

30 DBC - 23rd September - Prompt: Is there a particular number that has any special significance to you? Maybe it's an old address, a jersey number, or a date...take us down your memory lane and tell us about why that number means something to you.

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Invalid Photo #1036797 - The number of pairs of Dr Martens Chris has agreed to buy me
Invalid Photo #1036798 - The age I was on my first birthday
Invalid Photo #1036799 - The number of degrees I have / number of Paralympic Games I've competed in / the number of times I've nearly missed a flight home from a Paralympic Games due to too much alcohol!
Invalid Photo #1036800 - The number of coffees I have wanted to drink so far this morning (its 8:15am)
Invalid Photo #1036801 - The average number of times I need to email a school teacher before they even consider responding
Invalid Photo #1036802 - The number of world Championship gold medals I have (I'm not trying to show off by the way ) / the number of degrees Chris and I have put together.
Invalid Photo #1036803 - The month I was born
Invalid Photo #1036804 The number of books I need to read in this many days to reach my September goal
Invalid Photo #1036805 times 2 plus 3 is the number of emails I've already sent this morning (not on WDC)
Invalid Photo #1036806 -
Invalid Photo #1036798 Invalid Photo #1036797 - The age I was when my father left us. / The number of years I swam for Great Britain.
Invalid Photo #1036798 Invalid Photo #1036798 - The number of poems in my port I want to re-write
Invalid Photo #1036798 Invalid Photo #1036799 - The age I was when I finally learn to swim / Chris' birthday / the day we got married
Invalid Photo #1036798 Invalid Photo #1036800 - The age I was when I broke my first world record / The number of World Championship medals I have
Invalid Photo #1036798 Invalid Photo #1036801 - The age I was when we moved into the house I now OWN with Chris - random!
Invalid Photo #1036798 Invalid Photo #1036803 - My birthday
Invalid Photo #1036798 Invalid Photo #1036805 - The age I was when I got my first car - a brand new Ford Fiesta / the age I was when I left home
Invalid Photo #1036799 Invalid Photo #1036800 - The number of international medals I own.
Invalid Photo #1036799 Invalid Photo #1036802 - The number of times I've gone away and come back to this entry.

Invalid Photo #1036802 Invalid Photo #1036803 - The number of ridiculous things I say in a day - not necessarily on purpose.

Invalid Photo #1036805 Invalid Photo #1036797 Invalid Photo #1036797 - The number of ideas of things I want to do with the house that I've got from looking through Pinterest over the last few days... but will probably never do!


Errr can you tell I was in the grove then lost it?

Today's Yellow Brick

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

Clues so far:

I am not pregnant
It has absolutely nothing to do with bricks
14th October 2014
I'm going somewhere
I'm not actually leaving my city
I've got four guests going with me!
I need to find something to wear
There will be a posh meal involved
I'm getting something
The outfit I find needs to match Royal Blue and Gold... or should try to, at least
Apples
Changing corn
Kylie Minogue has one
1470

Guesses so far: ▼

You've been contacted for publishing your autobiography. - LostGhost: Seeking & Learning
Is it another advertisement poster but this time featuring divorce? - Mitchopolis
You're going to take up swimming again - Elle - on hiatus
You're going to speaking at a conference - Elle - on hiatus
Your going to grow pineapples - Lyn's a Witchy Woman
You're getting promoted as a regional manager or something along that lines for your area - LostGhost: Seeking & Learning
Another go at the honeymoon? - Jack-check out 7YS
Your going to a writing conference! - 💙 Carly-wrimo 2024
You're coming to see me!!! - Elle - on hiatus
A new house of course! - Jack-check out 7YS
You're going to speak at the university? - Elle - on hiatus
Some kind of public speaking event at the University. - 💙 Carly-wrimo 2024
You're going to a family event - wedding or christening - Elle - on hiatus
You're going to a party of some sort. Maybe someone's honouring you. - Jack-check out 7YS
Your graduating from the university! - 💙 Carly-wrimo 2024
You're going to be a grandmother - Lyn's a Witchy Woman
going out to celebrate the publication of your first book - 💙 Carly-wrimo 2024
Are you going to the Footlights International Tour Show? - River
You're going to give out awards at a ceremony? - Elle - on hiatus
think you're receiving an award. Some kind of 'lifetime achievement' thing or 'services to swimming/para-athletes' - Elle - on hiatus
you have won something or are nominated for an award - 💙 Carly-wrimo 2024
You are having dinner with royalty - a prince, a duchess, a child and a hubby? - Mitchopolis
Are you going to the Footlights International Tour Show.? - River
You are getting a new job and you get to celebrate the job with four people of your choice at a nice restaurant. - ElaineElaine
A Lifetime Achievement Award? - Jack-check out 7YS
You are getting an award at a dinner banquet for the poster ads you and hubby did - The Annual Bus Stop Advert Awards - Mitchopolis
an honorary doctorate! - Elle - on hiatus
You are going to an awards dinner. Royal Blue and Gold are university colours so it is an honourary degree. - 💙 Carly-wrimo 2024
Honorary degree. Or a regular one(have you been studying without telling anyone? - Jack-check out 7YS
You are being presented a lifetime achievement award by Queen Elizabeth and the Olympic committee and you can have four guest join you at the castle.- Lyn's a Witchy Woman
You're receiving sponsorship from Apple? Or a cider company? - Elle - on hiatus
Your Queen is honoring you! - ANN Counselor, Lesbian & Happy
an OBE - Elle - on hiatus
Are you going to be appointed by the French Government as a Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres? - River
You are going to go watch Ed Sheeran's performance? ~ Aqua ~
You're gettting an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) degree - 💙 Carly-wrimo 2024

I'm hoping that by the end of this challenge (30th September) I will be allowed to share. So, for the next twenty days, I will give you a yellow brick at the end of each (or most) of my blog entries. With each brick will be a clue pointing towards what my top secret secret is! You can all have one guess each day. The first person to guess correctly will win a Mystery MB from me. I will NOT tell you if you're right or wrong until I know I am allowed to announce. If I am allowed to announce before the end of the 30DBC, the clues will become more obvious.
So, to sum up, use my daily clues to guess my secret. Be the first and you'll win a Mystery MB.