I've not been making much money for my company, but at least
I have been busy and presumably doing
something to earn my paycheck!
I took a long drive a couple of weeks ago to Pryor Oklahoma
to work with a customer at a huge cement plant there, and that drive turned
into a bit of a nightmare. On the way up Interstate Highway 35, there was a
large sign saying "incident ahead" followed by a sign about half a
mile later saying "Freeway closed ahead!"
I figured that it must be complete bullshit as this was way
out in the middle of nowhere, where there were no exits for miles, and no roads
to get to even if you were willing to
just make your own exit. There was
literally no place to go, so how can they close the freeway?! Well, I guess that the joke was on me, because
they did close the thing, and in both
directions too, and it stayed closed
for over three hours! There we sat, for three hours; hundreds of cars and
trucks with no possible way to get off of the freeway, and with no idea why it was closed. I'd already been driving
for almost three hours when I got stranded there, so I've gotta admit that my
eyeballs were seriously starting to float. If I hadn't been
"dressed", I might have walked off a few yards and done my business
in the bushes, but somehow that just didn't seem appropriate when wearing a
skirt and heels! I found out later that night that a
couple of guys had stolen a police car, and the freeway was closed so that
they could investigate the crime scene.
On my drive back home a couple of days later, it wasn’t a
whole lot better. I once again found myself at a virtual standstill for an hour
and a half because a semi-truck and trailer had caught fire and burned just
about all of the way to the pavement. I'd swear that I couldn't even recognize
an engine in the burnt remains of the truck when I finally got along side. Can a fire get
hot enough to actually melt an engine?!
I got home from that trip on Friday night and then had to
head right back out Sunday morning for a week in the Boston area. My company is
headquartered just north of Boston, and I was there for training. Very little
to share with you about that week that you might find interesting, but I did get the chance to go to dinner with Connie and Sally! After dinner,
we sat and talked for the better part of four hours I think. I don't recall
exactly what we yapped about - it was pretty much just your typical
socializing. If you stop to think about that for a second, it's actually kind
of remarkable in its own right. When I was a teenager, and even when I was a
bit older and in my early twenties, I recall thinking that I would have to
commit suicide if anyone ever "caught" me dressed as a woman, and here
I am spending a casual night in a restaurant chatting with friends! You've come
a long way baby!
And, you look fabulous!
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Kim- Oklahoma doesn't seem like a great place for a cross-dresser... but with your look, i'd sure buy you a drink! Only i'd have to do it in male mode... only because you'd put me to shame with that look! hug, sara e
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