Betty Power's Questionnaire

My town? Now I did not think I would be asked such a personal question... Oh but if you must know, I live in Billings, Montana and it is such a nice place to live for someone as humble as myself. I can't see, don'tcha know, so I can just enjoy the cool Montana weather and still have a large enough town that I can count on someone being available to help little me out! I can also get a job working at an office building for a local accounting firm, I work secretary and have great documenting skills along with a nearly impeccable memory so I have most appointments memorized.

So as I said just prior, if you can remember deary, I have done my best to earn a spot as a secretary for a local accounting firm in the good ol town of Billings, Montana. The job itself is not hard at all and it does well to accommodate my blindness. When I get off work I can also spend time with my girls out on the town or even just doing our usual group activities such as knitting or sharing gossip. I know it isn't super spendy but honestly the most I can do is save up and I am just glad that the people around me understand.

My ambition is really quite simple, but the question is a bit off putting don'tcha think deary, feels like you are trying to get me to admit to something that I haven't even done yet. But to talk about why I want to be able to see the world in some capacity, my ambition, is easy since I was born blind it would only make sense that I would yearn for the ability to view the world as many other's already do. Now it isn't an issue with my eyes so simple switching them out isn't enough, my brain, you see, has a mutation with on the occipital lobe that makes processing visual information impossible, a very core part of my neural structure. Despite that, I will not kill just so I can see but I might push myself too close to the cutting edge of death. I might breath my last breaths a few times but I'm sure I'll the power within to continue on!

Honestly, the most interesting and life changing moment for me was learning how to knit. It sounds simple but I can promise you that knitting was the first real artistic hobby that I liked since I could easily feel the fabric and sense what I had made. I was rough at first since I was just making long strips of knitted yarn but I did get better and now I can make a mean ugly Christmas sweater and I have tailored my yarns to not be so itchy so I can look good or bad depending on the intent of the sweater and still feel comfortable.

So I mentioned my girls earlier right? well they are just the best since they don't mind me in the slightest and I think that we all agree that if even a single one of us were to go missing things around out late night gossip table or bar hop would not be as fun.

Kaia Neha - A real blessing of a woman, she came to the States from India but has not let the major change in location bother her, in fact her lets it be a major point of fun since she can always bring a point of view that none of us can really match. She follows most of the Hindi traditions like not eating cow or the like.

Lainey Brown - If hard working and partying harder was a person it would be Lainey, this woman cannot let a moment go wasted and is always doing her best to capitalize on any and all available time. She is a loyal friend and always up for something fun or bringing something fun to cheer a girl up.

Kate Sheppard - A wonderful cook and the usual host of our friend group's hang outs and we couldn't be more grateful for her hospitality since she also asks very little in return, not even offering to do the dishes. She is a avid cat lover and has them in multitude which is why it is lucky that nobody in our group is allergic to them!