A spy. Domestic. More a private eye type spy.
Who were you going to be?
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Have a cartoon strip. Or become a nun. 
By my user name I really did want to be a doowopgirl. The sparkly dresses. Then I worked in a library in high school and wanted be a librarian. Never did either. But that is ok. Things worked out well.
Now there is a choice.Have a cartoon strip. Or become a nun.
Oh lord, I went all over the place trying to decide what I wanted to be. Everything from a cocktail waitress to an astronaut to a veterinarian to a trained assassin.
But when I was ten? I wanted to go live in a cave and live off the land and never join the human race again. (This is still a very strong desire.)
I also wanted be a writer, or a horse trainer, or both. I leaned less towards the writing and more towards a horse business as the years went on, because writing doesn't come naturally to me; I feel like Thad Beaumont when it comes to writing. But horses...horses light me up inside in a way that nothing else has. I'm so completely myself when I work with horses that I forget the rest of the world matters.
And yet I wound up becoming a housewife living in suburbia. Not a bad life, in fact it's quite pleasant. But there's no horses in suburbia, and that sucks. I wanted my son to grow up on a farm and be riding by the time he was five....not grow up on concrete and never even see a horse. Ain't it grand how Life gives us lemons?
But when I was ten? I wanted to go live in a cave and live off the land and never join the human race again. (This is still a very strong desire.)
I also wanted be a writer, or a horse trainer, or both. I leaned less towards the writing and more towards a horse business as the years went on, because writing doesn't come naturally to me; I feel like Thad Beaumont when it comes to writing. But horses...horses light me up inside in a way that nothing else has. I'm so completely myself when I work with horses that I forget the rest of the world matters.
And yet I wound up becoming a housewife living in suburbia. Not a bad life, in fact it's quite pleasant. But there's no horses in suburbia, and that sucks. I wanted my son to grow up on a farm and be riding by the time he was five....not grow up on concrete and never even see a horse. Ain't it grand how Life gives us lemons?
...your "decent"??????....My decent into the dark side was a long and arduous process.
...a Doctor....my grandfather was an esteemed local MD, and was always my hero....I went sideways for a number of years, but still ended up in healthcare...I'd like to think he'd still be proud of me....
Quite a goal Sunny. (Get it?). All the best, mal.
Oops. OoO already made a better quip. Sorry for the repeat, mal.
I wanted to be a paleontologist. In the fourth grade, I listed all the dinosaurs I'd learned of by memory, and it was a long list. About the same time, I sent a fan letter to Roy Chapman Andrews (the first guy to find dinosaur eggs) after reading one of his books, although now that I look at his bio info, he was probably dead when that happened. That would explain the lack of a response.
After that wasn't going to happen, I wanted to be a forest or park ranger and commune with nature. That didn't happen either.
I knew that the job title of astronaut was probably not achievable, but I at least thought the space program was advancing far enough and fast enough to have passenger space flights to a space station or moon or something. I'm actually rather bitter that we put the brakes on that endeavor.
After that wasn't going to happen, I wanted to be a forest or park ranger and commune with nature. That didn't happen either.
I knew that the job title of astronaut was probably not achievable, but I at least thought the space program was advancing far enough and fast enough to have passenger space flights to a space station or moon or something. I'm actually rather bitter that we put the brakes on that endeavor.
I get it.......
I liked 'em both.
You would have been a great teacher spidey,do you mind posting what you did? No pressures on anyone to put down what they do..
Were you in your school choir Cat? or just singing along with the radio..I was in our catholic school choir but sure not something anyone would pay to hear,haha..I just knew I was going to be a singer.
yeah,the security guy got offed pretty quickly each time,sometimes spectacularly..miss that show!
Since you are not looking at self promotion or trying to sell your stuff,is it possible to post some of your art? Just wondering,not sure if the mods can allow it,but it would be cool..
No, no school choir for me, beyond the regular elementary type music. Junior high and high school, I was a band geek. No time to take both band and choir with all the other classes, and come to think of it, I don't think we even had a choir my first couple years of high school.Were you in your school choir Cat? or just singing along with the radio..I was in our catholic school choir but sure not something anyone would pay to hear,haha..
I was an expert at singing my heart out with the radio, though. Still one of my favorite de-stressors, just turn it up and belt along, but pretty sure no one would ever pay to hear me sing.
I agree,we need to spend money on that program..great response,forest ranger was also my second choice after I read a book about it from the library at that age..