Still traveling

 I started traveling for shows back in 1995.  I was in my early twenties and was working full time.  I spent my weekends traveling on my own to larger cities like Dallas and Oklahoma City. I would pay my own way to get here and most times just worked for tips.  I didn’t mind too much, it was the exposure I was after.  Plus it gave the opportunity to meet more people.  I was already near the top of the group locally and I wanted to push on to bigger and better things.  I was using my day job to support my weekend career goals.  It was the oldest story in the book, construction worker by day, beauty queen by night.  I would pack up my car and travel anywhere I could get a booking.  I loved being in new cities.  This was years before such things as social net working.  Unless you were out there pushing your name, no one knew who you were.  There was some back lash.  Many of the local girls were jealous. I know they would never admit it.  But they were.  They talked about me, lied about me and tried to convince me, that I was wasting my time.   I don’t think they truly understood why I was doing it. I wanted more, I wanted out and I wanted to find a place where I would be happy.  It was the passion for female impersonation that still drives me today. 

I have had some great successes and I have been places I never thought I would go.  I had a lot of time to reflect on this weekend.  I spent most of my time driving.  In fact if you had told me a week ago that I would  be in high whore drag, ridding in a limo. I would have laughed. It was only a few hours earlier that I was checking into a local hotel.  I was looking like a plain ordinary guy.  But after paint and wardrobe, I was transformed into a superstar.   But this past weekend, it happened.  Yes I rode in a limo.  It was fun.  I was with a group of friends out of town.  And a limo took us on a ride from bar to bar.  The best part was stepping out of the limo and seeing the people faces.  Then the whole entourage gets out with me.  We were like celebrities, drag celebrities anyway.  We quickly put on our crowns and smiled as we were ushered in the club.  I adjusted my crown in the reflection of the window.  Everyone wanted to know who We were.  That was fun.