Pearls from Daddy (Part 1)

Now, I like jewelry as much as the next girl, but in this entry I am talking about pearls of wisdom, not the pretty spherical thingys that come out of oysters and make nice ear ornaments. My father (who is an extremely intelligent man) tends to like to give me advice just like everyone else's parents give to them. My dad's advice that is handed to me from time to time can be a little on the.......shall I say questionable side?
Anyway, let me introduce you to my dad.......

Pretty good looking guy, huh? Anyway, my dad just retired from being a pilot. He got to travel all over the world to places that I can only hope to go to someday and places that I quite frankly didn't even know existed. Here's where his advice on how I should live my grown-up life comes into play.

So, one night, while I was visiting him at his house in Anchorage, we get back from dinner at Gallo's, where I'm sure he had a few beers and/or margaritas and I'm also sure he probably hit on a few women (gotta give Pop his props....he can pick up very cute girls not much older than me.....). So we are sitting at his place and he tells me that once I graduate from college that this is what I should do with my life.......are you ready for this? Really? What do you suppose he is going to say? What would most dads say - maybe find a nice guy, settle down, get a nice house and have some babies? Or maybe jump right into the grueling work world so I can start pushing my way to the top? Those morsels of advice sound like something a dad would say, right?

Not my dad. Nope. Here's what he said to me (and I quote). "Shea, when you graduate college, I want you to become a flight attendant, fly all around the world and sleep with as many people as you can."

WHAT?

I'm sorry.....what?

Come again?

Did he just say what I think he said?

Yep.....he did say those very words. I'm sure that I gave him a "Are you freaking kidding me?" kind of looks, but I don't think he noticed. I then asked if he'd heard of this bad little disease that was making quite an impact on the world......maybe you all have heard of it....it's called AIDS!!!!! I think he ignored that and continued on to repeat himself, as though I needed to hear it again.

I dismissed it that night, thinking maybe he had just had a little too much to drink and mistakenly thought he was talking to his co-pilot and not his 19 year old daughter, but NO....he has given me that exact same advice at least 2 or 3 more times. I think he was being serious.

Well, long story short, I did not follow this particularly shady advice. Now, 9 years later, I'm thinking that maybe it would have been a blast to do the whole flight attendant and travel thing. I'm just glad I didn't heed the do everyone thing!

Stay tuned for more of my dad's advice.......