My mom was really allergic to scented things so I wasn't allowed the Strawberry Shortcake dolls at all. Although somehow I ended up with a Baby Apricot that I loved dearly and kept her on my desk hutch with my other keepsakes a very long time.
When I was 5 all I wanted was a sibling. I made up a very convoluted lie about it in fact on the school bus (and boy was I in trouble). Maybe someone should have told me that my mom was 47 and dad was 57 and that wasn't going to happen.
In early high school, I wanted to go either to med school or do genetic counseling. I wanted to go to UC Irvine and get a degree in genetic counseling. In my junior year I decided I wanted to be a PT major. I applied to the school my boyfriend was at and got excepted (with a full scholarship to the college but not the PT program) so I picked a different major. Once my dad was sick and then after he died, I needed the funding and I didn't want to move far away from mom.
The school always thought my dad was my grandpa which was kind of annoying. Other than that, it never really bothered me. He retired when I was in 4th grade. We went on a great trip that year. He drove me all over.
I have to give up and go to sleep - struggling with typing too much - I'll answer the rest after I get some sleep.
I ended up starting out as a speech pathology major and switching back to biology. I toyed with applying to a different PT school or trying to get into med school or PA school but in the end I didn't do any of that. I got sick and had to take a leave and got married and went back and then moved and never finished.
Dad was sick (he had cancer) and it was a really rough year from his diagnosis until his death. When he died, it was definitely a blessing. Though I wish he had lived longer. I think he would have liked Chris and he would have loved our daughter. He would have turned 90 on January 10th. My mom will be 80 on Feb 16th.
Because of the HUGE generation gap, I think my parents were really clueless about what I was doing .
I just love genetics. I find it fascinating. Genetic counseling was fledgling in 1990 when I was looking at it but I thought - here's something I am interested in and I understand and I could be good at that.
Funny how some dreams get passed on though I try hard to let my kids be themselves, even if it's not what I would have picked.
I hope I coped well. I'm not very good at making/keeping friends these days. That may be rooted in my childhood but that's not an excuse. I need to learn how to overcome that.
As a mom myself now, I know firsthand how difficult postpartum depression can be (I had it with my 3rd.) At the time, I had never heard of such a thing though.
Thanks for being so faithful to comment on my entries. I really love the shade of blue you are wearing in your user photo.
The difference in tone just came about as I wrote it. I guess subconsciously I "returned" to those ages? I don't know. Part of my writing is often subconscious, only noticed when I read it back over.
I hope you find work as an archivist though I would guess that is a rather specialized job. Are you able to move if you could find a job in another area?
I'll graduate May of 2013 (if all goes well) and I'm sure I'll also be longing for "full time work in my field."
Good luck! We all need archivists. History is important.
I graduated last May and got nothing so far : (. Though the job process is giving me immense anxiety at the moment. Yeah, I'm able to move to find a job in another area, and have been looking all over the US.
I loved reading this entry, and must say it's probably my favorite kind of writing to read. I love inner glimpses that people are willing to share.
Even with my fiction choices, I want it to be a story that takes me into somebody's head rather than action or mystery or history - thank you for sharing this lovely history of dreams.
I dream of forging a wider audience for my writing. I suppose every writer dreams that dream...
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When I was 5 all I wanted was a sibling. I made up a very convoluted lie about it in fact on the school bus (and boy was I in trouble). Maybe someone should have told me that my mom was 47 and dad was 57 and that wasn't going to happen.
In early high school, I wanted to go either to med school or do genetic counseling. I wanted to go to UC Irvine and get a degree in genetic counseling. In my junior year I decided I wanted to be a PT major. I applied to the school my boyfriend was at and got excepted (with a full scholarship to the college but not the PT program) so I picked a different major. Once my dad was sick and then after he died, I needed the funding and I didn't want to move far away from mom.
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I have to give up and go to sleep - struggling with typing too much - I'll answer the rest after I get some sleep.
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Dad was sick (he had cancer) and it was a really rough year from his diagnosis until his death. When he died, it was definitely a blessing. Though I wish he had lived longer. I think he would have liked Chris and he would have loved our daughter. He would have turned 90 on January 10th. My mom will be 80 on Feb 16th.
Because of the HUGE generation gap, I think my parents were really clueless about what I was doing .
I just love genetics. I find it fascinating. Genetic counseling was fledgling in 1990 when I was looking at it but I thought - here's something I am interested in and I understand and I could be good at that.
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Good format to the story.
So happy your little one has the Strawberry Shortcake dream too.
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I hope I coped well. I'm not very good at making/keeping friends these days. That may be rooted in my childhood but that's not an excuse. I need to learn how to overcome that.
As a mom myself now, I know firsthand how difficult postpartum depression can be (I had it with my 3rd.) At the time, I had never heard of such a thing though.
Thanks for being so faithful to comment on my entries. I really love the shade of blue you are wearing in your user photo.
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My biggest dream right now is to find full time employment in my field. It's all I want desperately.
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I hope you find work as an archivist though I would guess that is a rather specialized job. Are you able to move if you could find a job in another area?
I'll graduate May of 2013 (if all goes well) and I'm sure I'll also be longing for "full time work in my field."
Good luck! We all need archivists. History is important.
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It's hard if you don't know what you're dreams are... I wish I knew. Sometimes I think I know, but I am never really sure.
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Even with my fiction choices, I want it to be a story that takes me into somebody's head rather than action or mystery or history - thank you for sharing this lovely history of dreams.
I dream of forging a wider audience for my writing. I suppose every writer dreams that dream...
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