Drag Queens and Underwear
I'm getting old, because I'm repeating myself. Kind of. See what I mean?
Actually it's not so much that I've gone senile. It's just that this weekend has consisted of Crescendo and Josh's birthday for two years in a row now, so the experience is likely to be somewhat similar.
Crescendo was a blast, which is weird for me to say because I wasn't actually at the event this year. I worked in check-in/out and was in the Marriott ballroom all night. But I enjoyed it, and it went very smoothly. The highlight of my night was making the acquaintance of a fabulous drag queen. Because really, what is Crescendo without a queen or seven? Our conversation went like this:
"I need to check in, I believe my reservation is under my brother's name."
"OK, yup...here he is! Would you like to put a credit card number on file so that you can check out more quickly if you win any auction items tonight?"
"Why yes- my brother lent me his card!"
"You have a very generous brother!"
At the end of the night I happened to see him in the ladies' room.
"Honey, are you here for my credit card again?"
"Why, no, I would never dream of interrupting a lady in the middle of her toilette."
"Oh, honey, you're not interrupting me. I'm done."
On Sunday (after a surprise visit from an old Navy buddy, haha) I went out to Franklin for Josh's party. One of the gifts my mom gave him was Transformers underwear, and boy, were they a hit. He kept holding them up and yelling, "Optimus Prime Underpants!" Of course I forgot to put the damn memory card back in my camera so I have no pictures. Suck.
Before I left I had this gem of a conversation with Olivia:
"I know where I'm going to college."
"Oh really? Where?"
"Harvard University."
"Why do you want to go there, Liv?"
"Because we read a book in school about how Helen Keller wanted to go to Harvard University, and she didn't get to go. But if I went it would be easy because I could just take the train there."
I explained how college is special, and unlike regular school when you go wherever is near your house, you can go ANYWHERE! But she wasn't swayed. Yet.
Actually it's not so much that I've gone senile. It's just that this weekend has consisted of Crescendo and Josh's birthday for two years in a row now, so the experience is likely to be somewhat similar.
Crescendo was a blast, which is weird for me to say because I wasn't actually at the event this year. I worked in check-in/out and was in the Marriott ballroom all night. But I enjoyed it, and it went very smoothly. The highlight of my night was making the acquaintance of a fabulous drag queen. Because really, what is Crescendo without a queen or seven? Our conversation went like this:
"I need to check in, I believe my reservation is under my brother's name."
"OK, yup...here he is! Would you like to put a credit card number on file so that you can check out more quickly if you win any auction items tonight?"
"Why yes- my brother lent me his card!"
"You have a very generous brother!"
At the end of the night I happened to see him in the ladies' room.
"Honey, are you here for my credit card again?"
"Why, no, I would never dream of interrupting a lady in the middle of her toilette."
"Oh, honey, you're not interrupting me. I'm done."
On Sunday (after a surprise visit from an old Navy buddy, haha) I went out to Franklin for Josh's party. One of the gifts my mom gave him was Transformers underwear, and boy, were they a hit. He kept holding them up and yelling, "Optimus Prime Underpants!" Of course I forgot to put the damn memory card back in my camera so I have no pictures. Suck.
Before I left I had this gem of a conversation with Olivia:
"I know where I'm going to college."
"Oh really? Where?"
"Harvard University."
"Why do you want to go there, Liv?"
"Because we read a book in school about how Helen Keller wanted to go to Harvard University, and she didn't get to go. But if I went it would be easy because I could just take the train there."
I explained how college is special, and unlike regular school when you go wherever is near your house, you can go ANYWHERE! But she wasn't swayed. Yet.