"Mom Mom Be Smokin"

Midway into her third week as a Phoenix, Mom Mom is getting into her groove. You would think she had been doing this college thing all her life. There are just a few things that caused me some concern. 

I, Ms Ernestine, stopped by to see her on Sunday afternoon. I wanted to interview her for this article, and get an up to date report on how she felt she was doing. I saw some things that sort of raised my eyebrows. First of all, she was reading a paper that she had written for one of her classes. That in itself wasn't unusual, it was who she was reading to. There sitting in the recliner was her one year old grandson. Mom Mom was walking around the room reading her paper to Joe. He watched her walking back and forth, and every so often he would bust out laughing. That didn't stop Mom Mom. She just kept on going, and when she finished, she asked him what he thought. Joe looked at her, laughed out loud, and crawled off the recliner. He was laughing all the way to the kitchen. She told me that she thinks he liked it, I just smiled. I was wondering why she didn't read her paper to her 19 year old grand-daughter who is attending a university here on the Eastern Shore?

Mom Mom told me that she was worried about the weather. The Eastern Shore was going to get it's first snowfall of the season, and it had already started to sleet. To get snow here in southern Delaware is an event for sure. As soon as people hear that snow is coming they begin to cancel things. The list starts rolling across the bottom of the TV before it even starts. I asked her why she was so concerned, and she told me, "I don't want my classes to be cancelled because of the weather." What? She's taking her classes on line for pity sakes!

She was also concerned that the buses would not be running because of the weather. Sure, if they cancel the public schools, the school buses won't run, but what other buses are there? Let's see, there is the Senior Citizen's Bus that goes through town, and takes the folks to the center, but what other buses? Oh yea, there is the DART bus that's run by the state, but what does that have to do with Mom Mom going to class? I was really getting confused now. About that time Pop Pop came in, and explained to me that every evening, Mom Mom catches the school bus at the corner, and rides one block. She then gets off, and walks back to the house to start her classes. Oh Boy! I wonder what the driver thinks?

Mom Mom told me she loves her reading class. Reading class? Supposedly it's a small reading class with only three or four students. Mom Mom said that Jamie doesn't always come to class, so there's usually just three. Okie, Dokie Mom Mom!

I watched as she posted her assignment in the proper place, and then she high fived herself. With a shout of, "Yea me!" she then went into the other room. I just gave Pop Pop a look like, "Now what?" He told me that Mom Mom was now going to cheerleading practice. Alrighty then!

With that, I bid Pop Pop, and Joe a good day. As I drove through the sleet, I couldn't help but chuckle to myself, "Now there's a woman that's excited about going to college!" Mom Mom is a trip! Thanks for stopping by "The Espenblog Times." Cya next time.