Heaven Shall Burn

 
What else can be said? It was a fangirl dream. I'll try to do just the highlights.

The big highlights:

- The meet n greet line took forever (it seems the majority of the audience had M&G) but was SO great! Doris filmed it all. Lydia recognized me from our earlier meeting, they both looked thrilled to see me, Kori said I was "gorge", they were grateful for our fan page, and they filmed a message for the other woman who runs the page and couldn't be there. Lydia initiated the message for her; I did not even have to ask

- When exiting the M&G, someone said "you should meet Jackie, their manager". Apparently she was standing right there. I don't recall much but we talked briefly, she may've thanked me for the fan account. She said more shows will be coming. I told her I was from Chicago, and then that I'd heard of the Atlanta show. She said something like 'they will be coming much closer to you'.

- The show was insane. SO good. Kori and Lydia kissed during their number. You can see Lydia say 'I love you" and Kori look like she's about to cry. Fandom online went nuts. LOVED all of the show - the opening number with all 3 queens was fire, we got Boogie Wonderland and APT too.

- Also, no joke, the fire alarm went off after the first number. We all had to evac. Didn't know if the show would even continue. The queens were ushered into an SUV to keep their makeup intact in the humidity. But Kori pops out and talks to people (and we livestreamed that too). Was so happy when we went back inside the venue, and the organizers handled it all well. (They think someone pulled the fire alarm)

- Afterwards Lydia messaged our fan account!! That was incredible. She thanked us and said we love you both so much and that we mean the world. OMG

What else?

- Before the queens took the stage, the host said "Who here was at their show in NY?" I waved my hand. Apparently I was the only one. He had me stand up, say my name and where I was from. OMG. 

- I livestreamed a lot for the fan page. THANK YOU to Doris for often being the one holding the phone. People loved it! Just like last time there was so much gratitude for that

What even is my life?

Before the show, Doris and I did a tram tour. This place is really lovely. We're glad we went. Even kinda wished we'd taken another day.

EDITED TO ADD - Well luck smiled on us. We almost missed our flight. But we made it. I asked if Doris had time to go to the bathroom and they said they were closing boarding in 3 minutes. OMG. But we made it. And we had to gate-check our bags but amazingly the bags were right there in baggage claim as soon as we got there. That was some luck!

ANOTHER EDIT - Someone asked what my main impressions were of Lydia when I met her out of drag a few hours before the show. I said mostly that she was very little, and she had a sweet aura. I loved this question because I always try to remember the facts, but impressions are important too!  Then they asked my impressions of the queens during the M&G. I said the main impressions that stick were that they recognized me (esp Lydia since she'd just seen me....but still, I kid you not, there were literally 100 ppl ahead of us at the M&G. She saw A LOT of faces that day), and their initiative in wanting to make the vid for Yana. Just a sweet and powerful vibe from them both.

ONE MORE EDIT - Doris praised my skill at packing; specifically that I came prepared with a few little things we ended up needing. We both know it's because I fly more often than she does, but still - cool.