I remember when I was her age, I wanted to be a policeman because I liked the thought of protecting people. But I also wanted to be a drummer and work at Pizza Hut too.
I know you're thinking to yourself, Pizza Hut? Don't go reaching for the stars, Jack. Right? But I loved pizza. And I was really intrigued by the idea of making my very own pizza. It seemed like fun. At least when I was 8 years old.
But my daughter doesn't want to make pizza. She said she was going to be very busy with three different jobs when she grew up.
She's planning to be an animal cop who rescues neglected pets, a ghost hunter who investigates haunted houses, and a tornado chasing meteorologist.
Can you tell that she watches a little too much TV?
She loves those shows on Animal Planet where they do the pet rescue and rehabilitate the animals.
And she's hooked on the show Ghosthunters too. I know it might be too scary for some kids, but she's fascinated with it.
As for the tornadoes, she watches a lot of Discovery Channel. And the Weather Channel. How many kids actually sit down and watch the Weather Channel?
Mine does. She loves it. And she knows what the difference is between an F-5 and an F-3 tornado.
I asked her how she was going to manage all three of those jobs though. It's a lot of work. But she was very logical about it.
Ghost hunting is done only at night. And the animal police job is during the day. And while she's rescuing animals, if there happens to be a tornado looming on the horizon, she'll just chase that on the way to the crime scene.
Makes perfect sense to me. Never mind that we don't have tornadoes in LA. Maybe she's going to move Kansas when she gets older?
So these are her plans. What were your plans when you were a kid? And did you ever actually do any of them?
