The weirdest wishes from childhood are apparently the ones that come true. (Why couldn't my wish about being rich come true? T^T )
I loved reading the American Girl books as a kid. Kirsten's book was the first one I ever read, and I remember thinking how cool it was that she had such an adventurous life as a pioneer. And as I sat next to the Christmas tree at my grandparents' house reading that book, little did I know that fifteen years later, I would be living a... remarkably pioneer life, to be quite honest. Tons of snow, kerosene heating (and lugging said kerosene home from the home center) and not being able to leave the heater on at night (thank goodness for electric blankets!), a nearly one-hour daily commute that involves walking through two feet of snow on a good day and a freaking blizzard on not-so-good days, having to snowshoe that one darned stretch of 600 meters to get to my office where there's nothing stopping the wind and snow from whipping across the open fields... Generally, I come home looking like Kristoff in that scene where he meets Anna in Wandering Oaken's Trading Post.
^ actual photo of me getting home from work, featured in the Disney movie "Frozen"
So yeah, be careful what you wish for, because you might actually get it. I still don't have a pony, though, nor am I a famous paleontologist :\ (Really, fate? You gave me the snowshoe wish, out of all the things I wished for as a kid? That's what you went with?)
(Bonus panel)
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