Friday, October 16, 2009

Que Sera Sera

When Connor was a toddler he loved diggers and dozers.  All his books were about construction equipment, his room was decorated with them and that was what he played with 90% of the time.  He would get mad if you called a piece of heavy machinery by the wrong name.  Even at 2, he would sit for hours and watch machinery work. This obsession lasted for 5 or 6 years and we were pretty sure he would work in construction.  

Then gradually he became more interested in cars.  He could tell you what an approaching vehicle was from a square inch of the front, or by the headlights.  He knew the specs on all the fast cars and could tell you what year that Mustang was.  He loves Gone in 60 Seconds and The Fast and The Furious.  This interested started with sports cars but expanded to trucks when I got one and is now pretty much anything with wheels.  We started thinking he would maybe be a mechanic.

In the last year or so he has shown great interest in buying and selling things.  He bought a guitar and sold it a year later for almost the same amount.  He bought a kayak with the money from the guitar and sold the kayak this year to upgrade it.  He sold it for very close to what he paid for it after using it for more than a year.   He spends a lot of time online looking for "deals".  Hmm, maybe he was destined to be a car salesman instead of a mechanic.  Still a logical progression.

In August he started work at a big chain restaurant.  He loves the money, the work environment and everything about this step to adulthood.  It is funny when we go out because he will tell us how many grams of this that recipe takes or that his restaurant puts more cheese, or a different blend of cheese in what we are having.  This week he started talking about owning his own restaurant.  Huh!  Wait a minute!  Big step away from things with wheels.  We went out for dinner last night to a nice restaurant and discussed what his restaurant would serve - appetizers, main dishes and desserts are mostly worked out.  I am looking forward to preparing his desserts to be showcased at the entrance.  

I know next year he might be wanting to become a professional snowboarder or teacher.  I'm just enjoying the ride.  Whatever will be, will be.

3 comments:

SusanE said...

That's a great post. I enjoyed it. I'm glad you were able to remember all those things.

I think the best I can do is that Hilary wanted to be either a Teacher or an ice cream sales person.

Cherylinn said...

He will just keep you guessing until the day he makes his final decision....and then he might change his mind after that.

Fiddling Granny said...

I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up!

Why would anyone decide so early? Oh, wait, Ken knew what he wanted to do when he left grade 8.