Things I Believed as a Kid.

Isn't it amazing, when you think back about what your young, naive mind came up with when you were a kid. Thinking back I came up with and truly believed some of the most ridiculous things; actually thinking about it, I still do. But when I was younger I could get away with saying all kinds of crap, but now for some reason I get some funny looks when I mention something like, "Dogs have their own language", for some reason  (this, by the way i do believe, but we won't go into that now).
I am now going to share with you some of the things my young brain conjured up and that I honest and truely believed when I was a kid and I am guaranteed to embarrass myself in the process.

When faced with the question, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" there was only one answer that popped into my head and I would answer quickly without any thought, only to receive a look of pure confusion/amusement from the adult asking  me this question. My answer was always...a bear. I was so confused why my parents/teachers/relatives would laugh when I answered them. Whats not to like about being a bear?!? But they didn't understand..I had a clear image of what kind of bear I wanted to be...and the funny thing is I can still see the image in my head. Picture a giant teddy bear, now give her a pink bowler hat, and a basket full of sweets. yep that's what I imagined myself to be in the future.

The next thing I believed was something that I fully blame on my sister. I beleived that you can be allergic to objects. The reason being, my sister, the oh so funny person that she is, told me that she was allergic to wet cutlery, as a way of getting herself out of doing the washing up. I believed this for about 3 years, until I realised what she was up to, thought she could fool me eh? nice try Kimbo.

Now, I don't know if any of you remember a certain tv programme called Zero to Hero? Well in this programme, a boy had a  massive poster of Michael Owen on his wall, and the poster would come alive and Michael Owen would give him advice about football and life etc. Well, at this time, I was, lets say, slightly
obsessed with this specific footballer, and I in fact did have a cardboard cutout of him in my room. So, needless to say I was convinced that he would come alive out of my poster to talk to me. This leads me on to another thing that i believed.... That I would marry Michael Owen.

My grandparents were amazing through my childhood and as I kid I couldn't and still don't love anyone more. My nan, is a typical nan, knitting, over boiling veg for roast dinners, grey short curly hair. It was this, her hairstyle, that had me convinced when I was around 3 or 4 that my Nan, was the Queen of England. After seeing her photo on stamps and money, Then looking at my Nan sat in her chair eating roast potatoes and watching Emmerdale, I put 2 and 2 together and made 6. I bet you anything thingthough that is the way the Queen spends her Sundays.

The last thing that I believed as a kid is that being an adult must be the best thing ever. I couldn't wait to be a "grownup" And then it happened. I physically grown up...mentally Im not quite there yet, but netherless Im apparently what they now call a "grown up." No one ever told me about how much it sucks, bills, rent, responsibilities bleugh. If I went back in time, and told my 5 year old self that at the age of almost 22, I would have a degree under my belt but still be working in a coffee shop cleaning up after people, I would be living in crappy accommodation, and I will be struggling to pay rent and bills each month.

My five year old self wouldn't believe that.
She would imagine a bear, sitting with the Queen, eating roast potatoes.