When I Grow Up

When Andy was little, he had very specific ideas about what he was going to do when he grew up. One time when we were getting on a plane he stopped to talk to the pilots. We had Sarah (she was a baby) and a whole bunch of other crap so the flight attendant told us we could find our seats and she would bring him back when he was done. She came back with him and was laughing and saying how funny he was. Believe it or not, we get that a lot. Seriously, people are always commenting on how hilarious the kid is. We don't get it, but we're also around him all the time and I think the funny wears off after awhile and just becomes annoying. Anyway, we asked her what was so funny and she said while he was in the cockpit the pilots asked him what he wanted to do when he grew up. His answer? Drink beer. Well, they didn't ask him what he wanted to BE, they asked what he wanted to DO. Obviously a big difference.

When Andy was three or four, or three and four, he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up. Most boys want to be a fireman or policeman or astronaut or something heroic. Not Andy. He wanted to work at Chick-fil-A and be a pool boy. He was going to work at Chick-fil-A everyday except Sunday, when they are closed because of God, and Tuesday, which would be his day off. On those two days he was going to be a pool boy, taking care of people's pools and possibly fooling around with their wives (he didn't say that part because he didn't know it was one of the perks of the job).

Amazingly those were his career aspirations for a couple of years. Any time he would say he wanted to do something else we would ask "What about Chick-fil-A?" and he would always change his mind and stick with his original choice. I think he is finally past that and moving on to bigger and better job choices. The other day he told me he wanted to be a video game tester. Now that would be an awesome job. Not only would you not have to sit behind a fryer for hours on end, you would get paid to play video games. Then, you would tell the creators what you did or didn't like about the game and they would change it to fit your desires. HOW COOL IS THAT?

I have a feeling that over time his career choice may change again. Besides my brother, I don't know a lot of grown men that actually want to play video games all day everyday. I am, however, glad that he starting to think a little more creatively and is thinking about his future at all. You may not make a lot of money being a video game tester, but it seems like a pretty stress-free job and, coming from a video game junkie, an enjoyable one.