When I was a kid I had two future career aspirations.
The first was pretty normal - a marine biologist. As I grew older and realized that science wasn't one of my strong suits, that dream quickly died and was replaced by the bigger dream - graphic designer. I would sit for hours in the office of the graphic designer at my dad's company and just watched as she tiresly plugged away at her daily jobs. Anyone who has seen a graphic designer work knows that isn't the most interesting thing to watch, but somehow Carol DelGrosso and her little computer drawing pad were fascinating to me. She totally left an impression on me.
What's funny about the marine biologist dream was that I've never met an actual marine biologist as an adult. Does anyone know one? I'm not sure they actually exist, and if they do, they certainly don't run in the same social circles that I do.
Today though, my dream was reawakened as I took the little boys that I nanny to the Denver Aquarium. It is AMAZING! Maybe it was the free yummy seafood that their parents paid for to satisfy our dinner needs, or maybe it was the incredible fish swimming over our heads....it could've been when we got to pet the sting rays and feed them fish in between our fingers....I KNOW it was the up close look at the sea otters....but I was like a giddy little kid running all over the place checking out different fish and giggling with joy (I've been doing alot of giggling lately, huh?).
I think I was embarrasing the kids that I nanny for, but that's okay. It's good for them.
3 comments:
I've come to discover that your general state of being is "giggly little school girl". So I imagine one could simply assume that that's the state of being you're in when you write any given post at any given time.
I know a marine biologist at the aquarium and so I can confirm two things: 1) They most certainly exist and 2) they definitely don't run in the same social circles.
They do exist! FANTASTIC!
I suppose that maybe we have figured out the great mystery of why you always say I'm peppy. I suppose if peppy can mean childlike, then I'll take that as a compliment instead of an insult. :)
what is it that drives science out of the heart of a young child? what happened to my deep love of turtles and disgusting insects? i think Science(TM) needs a better PR firm... clearly all the talent is getting siphoned off by the arts.
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