Mom Time!

Name: Claudia

Age: 47

Here's a quick interview I did with my mom about life and other good things.

Mae:What was your favorite secret activity as a child?

Claudia:Well I had a secret place that I liked to be by myself, and it was this really beautiful bush in the neighbors yard. And I would go and hang out and sit under the bush. I had my secret little world.

Mae:What was your favorite activity as a teenager?

Claudia: Running. 

Mae:What was the worst phrase you used alot?

Claudia: No duh!

Mae:Craziest hairdo you ever had? Or just interesting hairdos you had?

Claudia: Oh interesting hairdos? For a wile I had this big wad of electrical wires. They were all different colors and I would make a lot of braids in my hair with electrical wires and then I’d make them stick all out in different places and different ways. 

Mae: (laughs)

Mae: How do you feel about staying up late?  

Claudia: DON’T LIKE IT.

Mae:What kinds of books did you like when you were a kid?

Claudia: Oh I read so many books...

Mae: Well what was one of your favorite genres?

Claudia: Um I really liked Ursula Le Guin as a writer, and the C.S. Leuis series (Narnia?)was my favorite series. But I read everything. I loved the Hobbit  

Mae: Advice on cutting your own hair?

Claudia: Yes, definitely. 

Mae: (laughs) Any ADVICE though? 

Claudia: Oh on cutting your own hair.

Claudia: Umm...

Mae: No? Okay.

Claudia: No! I might have some! I used to cut my hair all the time, let me think for a second.

Claudia: Do not use a piece of tape when you’re making bangs, to get a straight line. 

Mae: What annoyed you the most about your mom when you were a teen?

Claudia: Oh my gosh...

Claudia: Waiting to pick her up from work. I’d go to work to pick her up and then she wouldn't be ready for like two hours. I just be sitting there...

Mae: What was your go to snack as a teenager?

Claudia: (laughs)

Claudia: Uh... Snickers bars!

Mae: What’s something that set you apart from all of your friends?

Claudia: Something that set me apart form my friends in general was that I didn’t really stress over social stuff that much. I just had fun being with whoever I was with.

Mae: Okay. Something you wish you had done more as a child/teen/young adult

Claudia: Yoga.

Mae: Thing you liked about school the most?

Claudia: (long silence)

Claudia: Getting out.(Laughs) At the end of the day, or skipping! Taking days off...

Mae: An irrational fear you had as a child?

Claudia: YES. Spirit People. Were around all the time.

Mae: (laughs) 

Mae: An irrational fear you have now?

Claudia: Um let’s see. Oh, that somebodies empty water bottle, or soda bottle, or juice can, is gonna roll under the brake when I’m driving. So I can’t stop the car.

Mae:A piece of clothing you would steal from your past self so you could wear now.

Claudia: These really nice drawstring pants that I tie-dyed with all these beautiful blue starburst patterns on them and then I dyed them blue and black and they were really pretty and really comfortable and really thin.

                                    

                                    xoxo Mae