Hey ya'll so I'm back from the anniversary celebration and I had a whole week to process and come down from my "poly high". So here's a recap of what I felt and did while I was out there:
My plane ride was uneventful accept when 30 minutes before we landed I dropped my phone. I heard it hit the group (so I thought) and was seriously frantic about finding it and not letting anyone steal it. Sorry, I was slightly neurotic about someone stealing my phone even though they can't access anything without my fingerprint. (Let's thank technology and Iphones please). The people in the seats in front of me were very nice and attempted to help out as best they could but couldn't find anything so I started searching through my bag and found that I'd stuffed it in with my knitting when I was frantically searching for it. Which goes to show you that looking for something really helps.
Other than that my plane ride was good. We landed and once I was picked up by the hotel van my phone was dead and I was starving. I knew that there were a few events that were planned for that Friday that I'd already missed and |I was so upset so I said to myself I would charge my phone and eat then head on over to the host hotel and mingle. That was the initial plan and it didn't work out. I got to my hotel room charged my phone and ordered food from door dash and fell asleep. The biggest problem I faced was the time difference. I live on the east coast and we're 3 hours ahead of California so my body had some serious adjusting to do unfortunately. I was jet lagged and trying to recoup. I decided that the next day I would be ready to do all the events that were planned.
I woke up at 5 am PST and was starving and bored so I got coffee and waited. I'd taken a look at the agenda on Black & Poly website gotten confused on the time for the breakfast . I got to the host hotel at 10:30 a.m. and missed everything except the mimosas. (I'm a huge fan of mimosas so I was happy to have at least had 2 glasses) I got a chance to put faces to names that I'd interacted with on Facebook and in the Black & Poly group. For the remainder of the day we spent it on Venice Beach just shopping, eating all the delicious food and taking in the sites. I had a great time but I was wore out by the time we got back with only an hour to spare before the banquet that night. I rushed to my hotel room, showered, changed into a new outfit then headed over the the hotel. I'm going to be totally honest and tell you this was what I was waiting for and I was so excited. If you didn't know several poly celebrities were there. Well, I call them poly celebrities. For one, Dossie Easton, the coauthor of The Ethical Slut was there the whole weekend and was a speaker. Can I tell you that I had a serious fan girl moment???!!! I kept trying to tell myself not to be creepy and not to completely loss it when i talked to her. When I finally met her I almost died, okay no I didn't but I was smiling ear to ear. Ms. Easton is such a nice person and so humble. We talked for a few minutes and then took a picture together.
There were several other speakers and the night was really great. The food was delicious but towards the end of the night I was wondering where was the cast of Compersion? I've been a fan since it came out over a year ago and I've told several of my poly friends and partners to watch this series. I've donated to get the second season's fundraising campaign. Compersion is a groundbreaking series that shows black people entering into polyamory. I won't rant about how important seeing people of color in alternative relationships is right now-that's going to be another post for another day. Finally towards the end of the night they showed up and I almost lost it. Okay don't laugh at me but I just had to go over and talk to them so when I saw my chance I said Hey Keena to the actress who plays her on the show. She looked at me and smiled. Her husband on the show was also by her side and we all laughed and joked. They both were so down to earth and cool to talk to. It felt like I was talking to friends I'd met years ago and we were catching up. Of course I took the opportunity to take several pictures with them. After I took the pictures I posted on social media that I could die now because I'd met some of my idols.
The next day several of the attendees all met to have brunch at The Cheesecake factory and talk about the wonderful weekend we'd had. My flight back to Cleveland was uneventful and I got back home at 5 am my time and went back to my normal work schedule. Here are a few pics from my wonderful weekend.
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