the case of the mysterious prior obligation

 as expected! despite me bringing it up like 3 days ago and then posting on my instagram story, my two friends who i had the idea with ended up going elsewhere. this always happens. again, i went in with a sort of worst-case-scenario mindset, so i'm not *mad* - but i'm certainly not happy either. maybe i'll turn this around, dip into my emergency friend reserve and switch gears to target a sappier audience