Sunday, January 30, 2011

When I Grow Up

When I grow up I'm going to get a great ATAR in the HSC without stressing myself out so much that I lose sight of the joy in life.

When I grow up I'm going to get into Macquarie University instantly and with no troubles at all.

When I grow up I'm going to study and work to get a Bachelor of Biodiversity and Conservation while working at a retail job that makes everyone elses' retail jobs look like asses.

When I grow up I'm going to apply for a job at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and get it instantly.

When I grow up I'm going to rent a little apartment really cheaply and really close to the Zoo.

When I grow up I'm going to be loved by everyone in my workplace and get lots of promotions and get paid lots and lots of money.

When I grow up I'm going to buy a house in Beerwah on a half-acre block of land with three bedrooms, a spare room, a great kitchen, a huge backyard, two carports, two bathrooms and a pool.

When I grow up I'm going to live with my best friend Gen and she's going to pay a bit of rent so that the mortgage flies by unnoticed.

When I grow up I'm going to clear out a room to be my library. All the walls will be lined with books on big shelves as high as I can reach (pretty damn high) and there'll be a ladder for Gen to climb (she can't reach as high as me).

When I grow up I'm going to dig a big hole in my garden and then surround the outside with concrete. Then I'll tile it with little white tiles. After that I'll fill it with water and put a fountain in it and then some koi in it.

When I grow up I'm going to have a big tree in my garden that I'll have a hammock under on one side, and swing on the other.

When I grow up I'm going to have a big bright flower patch in my front yard, and my neighbours ask for flowers all the time.

When I grow up I'm going to have a big raised veggie patch in my back yard where I'll grow potatoes and carrots and lettuce and celery and pumpkin and lots of other yummy vegetables. No spinach though, 'cause it's gross.

When I grow up I'm going to have an area that will have a lemon tree, an apple tree, an orange tree, a cherry tree, a mandarin tree, and some other fruit trees, and all around the base of the trees I'll have lots and lots of big, red, shiny strawberries.

When I grow up I'm going to have the biggest herb patch in Beerwah, with all sorts of herbs for cooking and for healing and for smelling.

When I grow up I'm going to have a dog and a cat and two guinea pigs and two bunnies and some fish and two rats and a whole bunch of chooks who'll run all around all the time. All my pets will get along great, and understand the law of equivalent exchange when it comes to food.

When I grow up I'm going to miss having Gen in my house, but we'll still meet up all the time because we'll live so close to each other. Every week we'll each have a day or an evening off work that coincides and we'll go the beach or to a concert or a festival or shopping or Brisbane or go to anime conventions or go for a big walk or we'll just sit around our houses and gardens and talk for hours on end.

When I grow up I'm going to meet the man of my dreams who'll love me forever no matter what and who'll believe in my dreams.

When I grow up I'm going to watch Gen fall in love with the man of her dreams and my heart will swell every time I see them together.

When I grow up I'm going to live with the man of my dreams for a long time.

When I grow up I'm going to marry the man of my dreams. It'll be a simple ceremony, but I'll look beautiful, and there'll be so much love between the man of my dreams and I that the whole world will feel warm and at peace.

When I grow up I'm going to stand with Gen at her wedding while she's the happiest girl on earth.

When I grow up I'm going to live it up with my husband as DINKs, working my perfect job and going home to my perfect house every day until the time is right.

When I grow up I'm going to give birth to a beautiful baby, and my husband and I will hug them and love them and be so happy.

When I grow up I'm going to adopt a second child - a baby from a different culture. My husband and I will love this baby just the same as our first child, and they will get along really, really well.

When I grow up I'm going to give my first beautiful baby a big hug and kiss, and watch the man of my dreams give him or her a big hug and kiss, and we'll watch them run into school for the first time together.

When I grow up I'm going to spend the whole day when my first little baby is at school leaning into the arms of my husband with tears in my eyes and watch my second little baby chase the chooks around the yard.

When I grow up I'm going to say farewell to my second little baby as he or she takes my first little baby's hand and they walk into school together.

When I grow up I'm going to take my babies around to auntie Gen's house every second week so we can catch up and they can play in auntie Gen's great back yard. Every other week, auntie Gen and her husband will come to our house.

When I grow up I'm going to go have perfect working hours at the Zoo so I can drop off and pick up my little babies every day, but still spend lots of time with the animals I love.

When I grow up I'm going to stand at the bus stop with my beautiful babies on their first days of high school.

When I grow up I'm going to be with my babies through their teenage years. I'm going to help my first baby to realise their dreams and we're going to work through all the problems we're faced with together with Dad. I'm going to hold my second baby and make sure he or she knows I love them as if I had given birth to them, then help them to track down their birth parents and Dad and I will hold their hand when our baby meets their birth parents for the first time.

When I grow up I'm going to go back to university and study veterinary science.

When I grow up I'm going to help my babies with their expenses as they fly through university.

When I grow up I'm going to promise to visit all the time as I leave my babies' new houses.

When I grow up I'm going to cry with my husband when we get home to an empty house.

When I grow up I'm going to spend lots of time with Gen because she's always who I want when I'm lost.

When I grow up I'm going to go back to working full time at the Zoo, and I'll be welcomed back with open arms.

When I grow up I'm going to work my dream job and come home to my dream house and dream husband every day.

When I grow up I'm going to watch my babies get their perfect jobs and help the world change for the better.

When I grow up I'm going to cry at my babies' weddings but pretend I have something in my eyes. Gen and my husband will be the only ones who know.

When I grow up I'm going to ease into retirement, still popping into the Zoo once or twice a week to be with and help the animals I love.

When I grow up I'm going to retire with my husband and we're going to finally reclaim our babies' bedrooms and use them however we want.

When I grow up I'm going to gradually learn to play every musical instrument I can get my hands on.

When I grow up I'm going to teach my grandchildren whatever they want to learn.

When I grow up I'm going to feel Gen's hands on my wrinkly face as I cry at the fact that my babies are growing up.

When I grow up I'm going to put the usual tea into our favourite pot and wait for it to steep so I can bring it to my husband on the verandah, just like I do every day.

When I grow up I'm going to bring fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs to my childrens' families and meet my grandchildren at the door as they run into my arms.

When I grow up I'm going to sit on my husband's lap and swing on the swing in the yard together, laughing at the chooks who keep running in under our feet.

When I grow up I'm going to die, and so is my husband.

And after that... who knows.

1 comments:

brightseries said...

Planned everything out I see.

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