Diary of a trainer?

I was just thinking today how life takes us in different directions, the sliding doors idea - which direction should I choose and why have I choosen it? What has brought all this on you ask? Well I've just had an amazing excursion onto Friends Reunited - I know I'm a bit behind the times in only just having a look at it but the visit has brought lots of memories back but also some musings about how we get to where we are in life. I've been in education almost all of my working life, at the begining more by accident or maybe through the lack of career advice back in the 60's. If I hadn't been to the school I went to what would I be doing now. And I'm really not sure. I very clearly remember sitting in the hall of the teacher training college on the first day and being welcomed as an entrant to the teaching profession as this was when it hit me that that was what I'd 'signed up' to do, and I wasn't sure that was what I really want to do.
Having said that I really enjoy training and meeting many different people and my teaching qualification has opened plenty of doors.
What about you - how did you get to where you are today? Any interesting stories out there of choosing the 'fork in the road' getting off a stop too early from the train and life changing. It would be really interesting to collect these stories together.