Tonight there was a meetup of the Sisters of the Splintered Sword . . . a secret sisterhood that I myself happen to be a part of, as I am officially “one of the girls”.

In attendance were my fellow sisters Helen and Nora and Monty, angels among us all. Sister Cecelia was unfortunately stranded somewhere in New Jersey.

The things we discussed at this semi-regular summit are of course secret . . . we swore an oath upon the splintered sword! I’m sorry!!

I just wanted to show you how cute and special and perfect my friends are through photos . . .

i’m doing my best to help little sister elina graduate from college and evidently her mom back in estonia appreciates it (almost certainly because she’s footing the tuition lol)

it’s true you know . . .

(someone sends me this screenshot and says “this is you” at least three or four times a year lol)

last night i got a burrito and the guy gave me a free coke zero because “love that jacket dude” lol

ultra-rare mirror selfie of me btw….,….

from international women’s day lol . . . but i course corrected a few minutes later ok!!

looking at all those pictures of my friends from yesterday made me emotional. i’m so lucky to know you all. thank you for being my friend. it is an honor. i think about you every day

happy international women’s day to all the extremely cool women i am lucky to know!!!

:,)

when i was in tokyo, my sister-in-law riko-san took me out to dinner the day after my birthday. it was one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for me. i wrote about that night. we sometimes had to use translation apps to communicate. at one point i told her something was really bothering me. i felt a sadness. she patiently listened to my story. and when i had finished, she spoke into her phone and held it up to me so i could understand her

she’d said this in japanese:

彼女は寂しい。
あなたのことが恋しい。

i nearly cried when i read the english translation beneath it

this is actually me by the way