Cheeseburger in Paradise

The future. Everyone always asks me what I want to be when I grow up. Well, I want to be bigger for one thing. I want to have money and be happy and have friends and pets and a family. And free time. I don't want to be a workoholic like some people I won't name (cough*DAD*cough) but I don't want to sit around all day either like other people I won't name (cough*MOM*cough). I mean, it's nice that dad makes a lot of money and it's nice that mom has time to spend it, but he's always stressed out and she's always bored. They should compromise. Like I want to.

Let's see. After college, I want to get married. I don't know where, but I know I want to honeymoon in Capri. It's so pretty. I like it there and it'll be fun. Plus there's shopping. And good food. Then I want to get a good job. I don't really know what I'd like to do yet (that's why there weren't any details about college), but I know I want it to be fun and exciting.

For a while I thought about owning a business. It could be exciting. I could chose to sell whatever I want, I could close on whatever holidays (or not so holidays) that I wanted to. I could have some fun with it. But then the more I think about background TV, the more I can't get over it. It's one of those things you don't realize you miss until something triggers it. For me this time, it was the FOX 4 thing. Last year it was tech theater that did it to me. That would be stressful though. Tons of fun though. Maybe they would balance out!!

Anyway, after I have a job and I've started making money , I want to buy a jet. Not that fake jet I'm always kidding about, but a real jet. A special jet, made especially to fly me to my island. Oh that's right, I want to own an island too. It'll be my own private paradise. Like a kid in a treehouse, I'll spend all my free time there. It won't have electricity though. That would be too complicated to set up... and I'd have to pay for it and stuff. And then what if the lines went down and I had to deal with those stupid 1800 numbers to get people out to fix them? No thank you. Since it's private though, no one will mind. The only people that will be allowed to go there are the ones I take in my jet... my husband, our friends, our kids, and their friends. We'll throw great parties and go swimming. We'll drink kool-aid and eat fun dip, and be happy.

We'll never want to go home, but we will, because we're responsible. I'll work hard, and accomplish something because of it. I won't be frustrated with my job or my life, and if I am, I'll change something.

The walls in my house will be painted colors other than white. When my son asks where his crayons are, I'll say they're in the blue closet, and he'll know exactly where to find them. When my aunt comes over to stay with me for a weekend and she wants to know which room is hers, I'll say the pink one, and she'll know just where to go. It's a time saver really. There will be los of mirrors, too, becuase you can play tricks with them. Let's say you're watching tv, and someone rings the doorbell, but you're too lazy to get up. Well, you just have to look in the mirror and see who's at the door, and then you can decided if it's worth getting up or not. Oh and I'm going to have those little intercom systems so that when it's dinner time, I don't have to yell for my kids to come, I can just talk into the wall and they'll know. And so that I can have music playing through the whole house, cus I like music.

I'm going to have hobbies like crafty things that I'm going to sell at places like my mom used to when I was younger. I'm going to help my kids with their homework and projects and be a soccer mom. I'm going to be in clubs and things and volunteer and have a lot of fun. It's gonna be so great. Would you like to be in my future? You can be my Cheeseburger in Paradise.