I have been posting daily to this blog every day, without fail, since January 1 2008. I’ve managed to post from India, China, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, all sorts of locations in Europe, and somehow made it work. The number of posts have added up, by my count, to 2899, counting through yesterday.
Today was supposed to be my 2900th post. Because I needed to catch an evening flight, my plan was to take the A Train to JFK Airport, go through security, then write my post at the gate, while waiting for my departure. It’s a ritual I’ve followed many times before. Because I fly out of JFK all the time, I know just how long everything takes.
But I had become overconfident, and fate was not kind. Today the AirTrain was broken, so everybody had to take a shuttle bus, which takes much, much longer.
Once the bus finally arrived at the terminal, I raced to the departure level, whereupon a very nice man from JetBlue got me expedited through security. When I arrived at the gate they were just about to close the doors. I made it with no time to spare.
As the plane took off, I thought to myself that finally, after all this time, I had failed. Alas and alack, I had missed a day. Because this flight would not be touching down until hours after midnight NY time, my perfect streak was ended.
But then, to my surprise, the flight crew announced, after we were up in the air, that JetBlue now has free Wifi. Which I am using this very moment.
And so this blog continues, uninterrupted and undeterred. My odd little run of perfect attendance, quirky as it may be, lives on to see another day.
That’s spectacular!
What if it wasn’t free? Would you have paid for it to keep your streak uninterrupted? Just curious.
Yes, definitely. The significance of the the wifi being free was just that it felt like a kind of sign.
I find your blog inspiring and interesting. And it gives me a sense of being connected to you. I’m glad I got to follow the blog’s (and your) journey over the years!
Party on, Ken!
Thanks!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂