Hey, Miss J!

Daily writing prompt

Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses.

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You know… I was just talking about this in the car with a friend today. Years ago, I did an interview of my mom for an assignment. When I mentioned to my aunt that I was going to interview my mom, she asked: “Why her? I’m smarter than her!”

My response? “While you just might be smarter, unlike you, my mother actually earned a Bachelor’s Degree… unless you got anything that you’ve never mentioned. No? Didn’t think so…”

That shut my aunt up quickly.

This is one of the very few things I had from my mother. No clue what year this was done, but… I feel so warm looking at her handwriting.

And now I’m going to share it. I never thought I’d have the chance to.

• Here did you go to school?
  • Marymount University at Old Dominion & Glebe
• What degree did you earn and what was it in?
  • A.S. Arts.
  • BA Humanities imphasis in Historical Research
• Did you live in campus or off? How was campus life?
  • Yes, campus life was great, I went to cafeteria for Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner. Leaned to wash own clothes. Leaned good study habits, Leaned to get along with other people.
• How much time did you have to study?
  • A LOT; I had a lot of help learning how to study from my glassmates and the hall rep, who wa a Junior.
• Did you work as well? How many hours?
  • Yes I did, I worked 8 hours & took 3 buses to get to ork. I worked for the Cystic Fibrosis foundation
• What was your best study skill?
  • I had a very good mEmory?
• What did you learn most about yourself in college?
  • How to work well with thers And yet be independent when I needed to be.
• What advice do you have for a new student just starting college?
  • Get ready for the best experience in your life. You will learn a lot about yourself And how to get along with others.

I miss my mom so much!

~J. Lyst

I tried to leave in all the mistakes and errors she made. Found out after she died that she was likely dyslexic.

Edited @ 12:01AM

I have problems spelling. And while my mother had problems telling her left from her right, I have a problem not twisting numbers up. I’m probably dyslexic too, but how do I even get tested at nearly 40 years of age?

Edit @ 12:09AM

My mother had problems with numbers. Hated math.

I despise math. I used to have negative when it was positive and positive when it was negative. Sometimes would have it read: 46:64, when it was 46.46. I also used to write my N’s backwards.