When I Grow Up

What do I want to be when I grown up? I am sure I was asked this question a ton when I was a child, but I really don't remember the answers I provided. From my perspective now I guess I can think of a couple of things I might have said.
1-I imagine I would have often said I wanted to be a marine biologist (more specifically a trainer at Sea World). Our family use to make the short drive to Sea World Ohio about once a year. I loved watching the interaction the trainers had with the different animals. In fact I applied to go to college at University of Texas Galveston and was excited to do a semester at sea, but in the end landlocked BYU won out. To this day I still have a dream to swim with dolphins and see a manatee in the wild.
2-I might have said that I want to be an Olympic skier. My fabulous Aunt Amy spoiled me and took me skiing whenever we got the chance. She also got me some lessons with a great ski instructor. I loved to ski and really miss it these days! I even considered trying to do ski ballet since I probably would never be fast enough to race.
3-I am sure I occasionally told people that before a career I wanted to be a missionary. I remember I use to discuss at a young age with my best friend Jessiy where we would go when we were old enough. We had big dreams.
4-I am sure underneath everything I wanted to be a mom, but I don't know how often that was my only answer.

School Play

I loved my elementary school. It actually closed last year which is super sad in my opinion, but I am not in charge of the Southfield School District. We had a fabulous/tough music teacher. Mrs. Mansfield taught us so many things and put on some amazing performances. In music class we would square or line dance most Fridays. My friend Jerrard and I loved that class period, but I know other classmates despised the dancing. We also learned to play the recorder in music class and a few other random instruments. My favorite part of music were the big productions Mrs. Mansfield put on. In 5th grade we did a DARE musical performance. We sang songs like Lean On Me and had speaking parts. In 5th grade (I believe) we also put on a patriotic performance (maybe for graduation). The ultimate performance in my opinion was in 2nd grade. I was so excited to be in 2nd grade and a part of the BIG musical performance for the year. That year we were doing a Disney themed production. We sang a bunch of classic Disney songs and everyone had a part to act out. The costumes were fabulous (at least to my 2 grade head). I was so excited for this performance because I was cast as Cinderella for the Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo song. When I was cast I was a little concerned because I knew I was going from rags to a ballgown on stage. I had no idea how that would happen, but in the end it was great. We started singing with me cleaning things on stage and a bunch of little mice (classmates) running around. Eventually the lights went out and I removed my brown rags dress (that was more like a robe) to reveal a pretty white gown, while the mice changed into horses. After a few minutes in the dark, a black light turned on and parts of the horse costumes glowed along with my pretty dress. I sure felt like the real Cinderella during that short performance!