The Olympics... and beyond

Today is the day. Or more specifically, today was supposed to be the day. July 22, 2020 was the day I was set to board a plane at Logan Airport bound for Seoul, South Korea and then on to Tokyo to cover my first Summer Olympics. Of course, those plans all went out the window, along with just about everything else in the world, back in March when the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would be postponed for a year and will take place in July and August of 2021. Obviously, I've written many times over the past few months about the impact of the postponement of the Olympics. A few days after the announcement, I was temporarily laid off from my job at Salmon Press, meaning the possibility of covering the Olympics next year was also in doubt. As we head toward August, the possibility of getting back to work is down the road a bit and with it, comes the possibility of still getting the chance to go to Tokyo and if all goes as planned, one year from now...

This was supposed to be a good year. There was so much to look forward to, so much to be excited about and things were seemingly looking up. But, here we sit more than halfway through the year and I can't help but wonder if there is anything to look forward to right now. On March 11, I boarded an early morning flight out of Boston heading to Los Angeles. The flights were less than half full and it was obvious that change was coming to the country. I traveled to California for a Rob Has a Podcast live Survivor event in North Hollywood. These live RHAP events have been a great time for me over the past few years. I've been to New York City pretty much at least once a year for these events and have also gone to Chicago, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Toronto and Los Angeles on different occasions over the past few years. I've met a lot of great people at these events and it is always nice to catch up with folks I mostly see online. There's usually other events ...