I Forgot to Marry My Ken Doll and Have Mountain Children and this is why
When I was a kid, my "happily ever after" (hereafter noted as "HEA") consisted of marrying my Ken doll (G.I. Joe was a close 2 nd ) and moving to Colorado where we would build a log home without a picket fence and have mountain children and a goat named Ed. Then I went off to elementary school and when I was in that pivotal role of a 6 th grader – not quite a child, not quite a teenager, I changed my mind and my HEA became marrying a Veterinarian and having 5 dogs instead of 5 children and naming them Gus, Spade, Hank, Jack and Wilbur. High school came along and my HEA became me and my friends moving to California and living together in one of those houses by Venice Beach. We would run a taco stand on the boardwalk and play guitar and drink beer by a bonfire at night. Then I made my way to University and all my HEA became – "What am I going to do with my life and how am I ever going to be able to move out of my parent’s bas