The Breakfast Radio Diaries 075: A shout out to all the astronauts

When I was growing up I wanted to be a pilot, but the closest I got was a feat seats in Economy close. I also wanted to be a journalist but considering I talk about news stories on the show daily, that's pretty close yeah?

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? (AND HOW CLOSE DID YOU GET IN THE END?)

Lu was shooting to be an actress and then later on a lawyer but in a similar situation to me trying to land a spot in one of the very prestigious journalism courses at university way back when, a stunning lack of educational scores pushed her towards radio instead. 

Today we met an aspiring tennis champion who ended up as a gardener, a future pilot who opted to become an aircraft engineer instead (let's face it, you can't have one without the other) and a listener who wanted to be part of 60 Minutes but instead ended up in retail.

But a shout out to the wannabe astronauts, pilots, princesses and rock stars. There's nothing wrong with dreaming big!

(Also I'd ask my kids what they want to be when they grow up but I think I may already know the answer to this one - at 7 and 10 a piece, both of them have aspirations of being YouTube sensations by playing RoBlox. While I don't think this game is going to change their lives, I am encouraging the creative aspect of this idea as any time they spend working on ideas and then learning the ins and outs of software like Photoshop and the free but very powerful Davinchi Resolve has got to be a good thing ultimately. Turns out they're very fast learners and will probably out produce dear old dad soon enough!)

Although I suspect I'll probably field a lot more tech support questions before we get to that point in time. 

WEEKEND PLANS

Even though we do a guide to what's happening across the Border over the weekend every Friday, my plans for this one will be deceptively simple - a lot of sleep and hopefully a lot more of Formula 1: Drive to Survive, one of my newest favourite shows. I don't have to work, I don't have an appointments, I'm planning to do precious little and watch a lot of Netflix #bliss

Actually just on that last point, I may be getting into it a little too much. I mean even though the Slowbaru is probably the furthest from a screaming V12 you can get, I have found myself pretending to be an F1 Driver on the way to work each morning this week. No not taking things at high speed, but imagining that my race team is monitoring my 3 minute drive and the car condition and occasionally the team principal will relay what I need to know via my imaginary head set:

Almigo, there's ice on your windscreen again. Box, box, box, repeat box and get the car warm enough to arm the heaters..

You're going to have to go easy on fuel mate, we've still got a couple of days before pay day, prices are high, repeat prices are high and the funds in your bank account are dipping into the red.

Tire pressures are good but that CD is still stuck in the entertainment system. You're just going to have to wait before we can replace the entire unit. Just focus on the road and try not to think about listening to anything other than the radio..

Surely I'm not the only early morning worker than thinks like this? Surely..

Yay to the weekend!

-Almigo