So, let me introduce myself;

The name is Red,
I am 25 years old,
I am originally from Florida and have also lived in Louisiana,
I am an Aries,
I am currently single,
I am a lesbian,
I am Cherokee and Blackfoot,
I am Norse Viking,
I love Swan Queen and,
I am a Slytherin.

Just some basics on me. Now, I have been working in the food industry since I was 18 years old (2008) and have worked in child care as well as volunteered at daycares since I was 11. Now, 25 years old, I had already been homeless twice, I was on the verge of being homeless a third time, and I had no job, no matter how many applications I put in. I was living in Louisiana at the time, Shreveport to be exact, and I went down south to Laplace to meet one of my online friends while she was there. It didn't take long before my friends (since I am not dumb enough to meet someone online by myself) were offered jobs and I soon decided, after spending a few nights there, that I wanted to join. It took a while to make up my mind because I did have other options, but none as guaranteed as this one was, but I decided that this was the life for me. Travel, fried food, co-workers that would also become my friends (I was accepted into the family right away), one guy even took on the challenge of getting with me, and therefore we assume he is going to be getting a sex change...still waiting to see how this turns out lol. The lights, the music, the smell...all of this reminded me of my childhood, of growing up, good memories, I wanted this to be my present.

I don't know how long I am going to do this for, it could last a couple months, it could last a couple years, it could last as long as the rest of the season (which is another two weeks), but life is a adventure and it is when you learn to embrace that adventure that life is beautiful.

I don't have many stories to tell, but I am going to write in this blog to keep a memoir for myself, and so that anyone who is interested in what life as a carny is actually like, because the stereotypes are far from true.