Times change

Just for fun, a few nights ago I went through a bunch of old school papers. I ran across something from my 6th birthday; my kindergarten teacher asked a bunch of questions of each of us on our birthdays, and wrote down the answers to put in a folder. Some of them made me laugh, and some made me marvel at how things have changed in the past (nearly) 20 years. I copied the answers below, with some commentary (because I can't resist commentary).

1. Favorite color: pink (Definitely no longer the case; my closet attests to my love of blue and green.)
2. Favorite food: hot dogs (Not sure I could pick one favorite food now, but hot dogs are no longer at the top of my list.)
3. Favorite clothes: my Harmony shirt (I have no recollection of this shirt.)
4. A food I do not like: salad (I now eat salad happily and voluntarily.)
5. I like to: get presents (Who doesn't?)
6. I do not like to: clean in the living room (Cleaning my apartment is now a weekly ritual that I kinda enjoy.)
7. My favorite story: chapter books--sometimes words and no pictures (I couldn't pick a favorite book then, and I couldn't pick one now.)
8. What I will be when I grow up: an artist (Aaaaaand I became a scientist; good thing too, because my drawing skills have stayed roughly the same (or possibly gotten worse) since I was 6.)
9. Where I would like to go: a second time to Disneyland (Make that a 4th time now, along with several other places.)
10. It makes me happy when: I get to see my grandma and grandpa (Still makes me happy to see anyone in my family :) )
11. It makes me mad when: people punch me. (I have no clue where this answer came from. I mean, I would be mad if someone punched me, but no one did or does.)
12. It makes me sad when: I fall down. (True story.)
13. My favorite animal is: a bird--a blue bird. (I hadn't yet been introduced to corgis, or else I'm sure I'd have picked them.)
14. An animal that scares me is: a shark (Shark Week both fascinates and terrifies me.)
15. A nice thing about me is: that I can do the monkey bars. (Bet I still could, too.)
16. Something easy to do is: math pages at school. (Sadly, math only got harder from there...)
17. Something hard to do is: to climb a tree (Clearly my lack of athleticism and upper body strength manifested itself early on.)

And just for fun, here's a picture of (roughly) 6-year-old me:

Please ooh and aah over the lovely dress my mom made. ;)

And me now(ish):

I think 6-year-old me would have had a hard time fitting in here too.