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Thursday Think 'n' Share LXXXV
By edition LXXXV, you should know the drill pretty well, but in case you're new here, I'll explain things. I'm going to ask and answer for myself three questions. It would be great if you would do the same, leaving your answers for me in the comments box.
What profession(s) did you want to pursue when you were a child?
When I was very young, I wanted to be a truck driver, because my father was a truck driver. For most of the rest of my childhood, though, I wanted to write fantasy and/or science fiction novels.
What was your first pet?
I'm not entirely sure to which pet I should bestow that honor. Prince, a stray mutt my father brought home when I was very young actually bit some girl in my defense, but I was very young and don't really remember Prince that well. I think my first pet then was Morris the cat (can you guess what color Morris was?). Another cat showed up and soon we had 6 kittens--3 yellow, 2 gray, and one calico. I was so sad when we finally gave most of them away. The definitive pet of my childhood, though, was Rusty. Best dog ever, exactly the sort of go-everywhere companion a boy needs as he rides his bike around the neighborhood.
Tell about one childhood fear you had.
Just one? The water. At a pool in a motel in Michigan, I fell in, panicked, and although I was in no real danger of drowing--my father was close by--it freaked me out and I refused to get anywhere near water for a good long while. My parents paid for swimming lessons, I sat on the side. I breathed a sigh of relief when the Jr. High pool was closed down the year before I got there (goodbye mandatory swimming in school).
Finally, in my 20s, I decided it was crazy and taught myself to swim. It didn't look that hard; it wasn't. I'm still not a strong swimmer (I'm a heck of a sinker though!), but I can do enough to stay above the water when I need to (and, in fact, I've managed exactly that when a situation demanded it).