What were you, or what were you going to be, before you became an ecologist?

So, when you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? Was the answer always "ecologist"? I doubt it, unless one of your parents was an ecologist. So, if not an ecologist, what did you want to be?

I wanted to be a paleontologist, until I found out that "studying dinosaurs" might involve "scraping at dirt with a toothbrush for hours". Then I wanted to be a professional baseball player, until it became clear that I was not going to grow into a good enough athlete to make that feasible.

I know other ecologists who got much closer to pursuing their athletic dreams. I have a colleague in my department who went to college on a golf scholarship and at least toyed with the idea of becoming a professional golfer before becoming an ecologist, and I know another ecologist who went to college on a soccer scholarship (which, he'd be the first to admit, you'd never guess by looking at him now). And Amy Hurford apparently went to college on a basketball scholarship, although just as a means to the end of becoming an ecologist.

Or perhaps you did grow up and do something else, and then switched to ecology. I know a guy who was a professional ballet dancer before he became an ecologist, and someone who got a Ph.D. in physics before switching to ecology as a postdoc.

So what did you want to be when you grew up? Or what were you, before you were an ecologist? Answer in the comments.