#jillpost

but

look at this place

and look at the custom chocolates i got made as party favours (with my gorgeous commission from @lana-banana-art)

my partner and sister have put together a few surprises, and i have Taken Bingo (with prizes!), a drinking game, a map of the US to track where they go, a cherry-themed menu, i made playlists and wrote an essay, we have excursions (it's right in wine country and they have dock access and kayaks) ------

and then sometimes i find myself at a five star hotel bar ordering manhattans after going to an incredible dance show looking like this

and telling my life story to the bartender and guys at the bar like oh yes, i taught high school english in montreal and then did my masters in literature and somehow transitioned into assessment and tech and now i lead a full ass research team of phds and ai scientists and oh yeah also i'm a black belt in karate and this is how you punch with a vertical fist and ----

i am a director