Should I break my 1,612-day crossword streak for a river cruise with my late wife's sister?
I am 71 and have done the New York Times crossword every single day for 1,612 days straight, starting about six months after my wife Eleanor passed. It sounds silly written out but it became proof to myself that I could still show up for something every day even with her gone. My sister-in-law Carol (68F), Eleanor's younger sister, has invited me on a nine-day river cruise down the Danube this October. The deposit is $1,400 and goes nonrefundable after Friday. Carol tells me the ship's wifi is "unreliable at best," and I have already tested the puzzle app, it will not load past midnight without a real connection. Carol says I am being ridiculous, that Eleanor would want me on that boat with her sister instead of hunched over my phone at 11:58pm chasing a satellite signal. My son agrees and thinks I am stubborn about a number nobody else cares about. But that streak gets me out of bed some mornings with an actual purpose, and I do not know if I could start it back up once it breaks, mentally I mean, not the app itself. Friday is the deadline. I have not decided.
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