Who I am… was… and want to be…

Ok. So yeah. This post was inspired by Huckdoll. The idea of the post is to compare the jobs that you have had and have to the jobs that you wish you had. So here I go. But first I have to admit that the occupations that I’ve had will be underwhelming and somewhat few. However, I will do my best to piece everything together… it doesn’t really matter though; the occupations that I wished for are much more interesting. So here I go…

Things that I am doing… or have done…

1. Baby… haha. I’m kidding.

Seriously,

1. Babysitter: Yep. I know. Very cliché, but hey. I was young. I still do it. But now I must do this out of the kindness of my heart… darn. So it’s not a job anymore. But I do like children… regardless of how many times I will make the claim that this isn’t true.

2. Altar Boy: Yep… I was an altar boy. I can’t deny it. And while you may think that this isn’t a job, you haven’t done this with the church I had. It seriously felt like a part time job. We also were sometimes paid to do weddings and funerals.

3. Camp counselor: I still do this. Every summer since I was 14. I went up to camp to work. Granted now, the job had become harder. I now have to teach about six classes a day on environmental issues. Although I have to admit that I love it.

4. Office assistant: That job title is a little too fancy for what I actually do, but hey, why not? Strangely, I love this job. Maybe not the work… but the people I get to know. Unfortunately, I’m done now… I’ll be back when I go back to school.

That’s it. I know. Not very exciting. But what can I say?

Now for the jobs that I had wanted since I was a little one:

1. Forest Ranger: Why not? I was really into the idea of the hats…

2. News Anchor: Yes. I wanted to be on television. I wanted the special bond and playful banter these people had. I didn’t want to be a star… just locally known.

3. Marriage Counselor: I really was dead set on this occupation. I watched way too much primetime television. At one point I really thought the whole idea of being a marriage counselor was to, and I quote myself when I was younger; “listen to these people’s problems and tell them to get divorced.” Oh gosh. I’m glad that I’ve been able know better.

4. Sports-Clothing Designer: Could I have gotten any more specific on this occupation? I mean really. I’m not even going to get into it.

Ok… now let me just cue you in on my child hood… please finish the sentence and apply it with one of the four above…

• “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
• “I want to be a ____________.”

Yep.

5. Writer: I picked this up in sixth grade and didn’t let go of it until about freshman year of high school.

6. Teacher: Yep. This is what I’m going to university for, and I’m really happy about it. Hopefully I’ll be able to put this up with my first list…

Feel free to steal the blog post idea.

Till later, Turtle