So my niece’s latest career goal is to become a graphic designer. Not, mind you, because of me or my influence. She really enjoyed her yearbook layout class and has decided that magazine layout is where she wants to head. After telling me this, I said, “you know that’s what I do, right?” Since then, I’m back on her cool list. I tend to fall in and out of that as she gets older. I am excited to see some of the stuff she starts playing around with. I’ve never known her to be particularly interested in the arts in any form at all, so I’d like to see what comes out of her.

Maybe the next time I see her, she’ll be in the angst-ridden, “artsy” stages of her teen life and I will get to sit back and enjoy the torture it puts my sister through. My sister and I went through very different stlyes of this phase. My sister was already out of the house when I went through mine so I don’t think she’ll know what to expect. Also, I am assuming my niece will more likely go through a similar phase as me since she takes after me in so many ways (mentally and physically) that when my sister yells at her for something, she usually yells out my name.

Tomorrow is the ultra-sound. I can’t have anything to eat or drink (other than water) from midnight tonight until after the exam tomorrow. So I’m thinking ice cream for dinner. :D