What Should You Have Been?

[ZooMummzy]

I should have been an historian working at a museum in Europe or a writer. I gave up going to college so I could put hubby through school. It paid off big, but I still regret it. I love the Tudor period history plus I write travel journals. I'll be working on my third one this summer, my only USA travel one so far.

 

[Royicus]

Well, let's see. Law enforcement is pretty interesting, but some health conditions prevent that. Medicine is interesting too, but that's a lot of schooling. Then I guess there's engineering, which is what I do. So, I guess I would have tried law enforcement if I was able, so I guess I should just be an engineer.

 

[dangerouschicken]

Redfeathers, I hear you about Bourdain and the traveler's life. Before I was married with kids, that would have been the ultimate for me. I did get to live in Hawaii & Japan for a while.

Like MP, I would have been an English or History professor, too, since poetry doesn't pay.

And Ticks? No poetry on hand right now, but if I find some on this PC, I will post it later

 

[Rosalind]

A dolphin. I would get to play in the ocean all day long, but still be really smart.

I would settle for Queen Of The Universe.

Oblio, there are many secrets to passing OChem:
1. When you realize you're going to bomb the class, withdraw and try again next year when you've got less credits, so you can focus on it
2. When you realize you've got a crummy professor, withdraw and wait for a decent professor to teach it next semester
3. Weasel your way into honors classes, where the professor actually is forced to stop and explain things when it stops making sense
4. Get a professional industry chemist to teach you properly. Industry chemists are paid $200-300k/year if they are good; academics make about $100k if they are tenured and not enough to feed a dead canary if not. Guess where all the good chemists go?

I opted for a combination of #1 and #4. I am a wicked good chemist, even though technically I'm a biologist.

 

[rooster-red]

A vet.

 

[greyfields]

archaeologist

 

[FlockEweFarm]

I should have been a rancher or I would have even settled for a ranchers wife,(even have him all picked out and I still try to talk him into running away with me), as long as I can have horses, cattle, and land that is far away from nosy, complaining neighbors, and is in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming or somewhere GREEN with real trees and grass, I would have been happy.
I have lived all my other dreams, I was a EMT, Fire Fighter, Deputy Sheriff, Construction Worker, Teacher, and I have stayed at home long enough to know that I get a little buggy after a year or so. Being a rancher and working on the land and with my animals would have been the perfect life for me, especially since I am up with the chickens anyway, and it would have been carrying on over 180 years of family tradition.

 

[asher]

A mama. And I'm blessed to be one. The rest is just extras. ;-)

 

[lilshadow]

A nun (no laughing, I am very serious) I still want to be a nun, but I blew that out of the water.

 

[ncgnance]

I shoulda been a cowboy. I remember at 5 years old, being in love with Gene Autry. I saw all the cowboy movies, I dreamed of taking my pony, Rockie, and running away to the West. Didn't realize it back then, but I have SDD.(seasonal distress disorder) It hits me every Sept. I want to run away. I finally went out west in '95, when my daughter was stationed at Ft. Carson, Col. I was home there, like it was where I belonged. I'm too old to run away now, but...I shoulda been a cowboy...