Something about March 28th seems to specialize in the unexpected twist. Looking back across the years, this date has consistently delivered moments where things don't go quite as planned, and somehow we muddle through anyway.
The pattern starts early with a 2002 moving mishap, where New Haven became West Haven and all those carefully distributed addresses needed updating. Fast forward to 2011's fish and chips disaster that turned social eating into an all-night wrestling match with a Carbo Rocket processor, followed by work trouble over an expired domain name.
The tech theme continues with 2013's leap to Apple, which at least came with enough RAM to host virtual parties. Then 2014 brought Paul's beetle-in-snow adventure, where "weak" turned out to be just right. The real kicker comes in 2016, split between five brutal hours pushing bikes through impossible snow and waking up sprawled by the woodshed, not entirely sure why.
By 2020's bluebird moment, there's a sharp awareness of spring's fleeting seconds. 2023 delivered Mo's eagle encounter, and 2024 brought HRV numbers telling uncomfortable truths about waistlines and heartbeats.
March 28th seems to ask the same question year after year: can you roll with it? Turns out, the answer is always yes.