But I didn’t vote for Contestant 7!

I had hit the redial on my phone to add another vote last night to American Idol’s Contestant 2 (Go, Chris!), but the recorded voice on the other end thanked me for voting for Contestant 7.

Apparently, the American Idol voting system isn’t infallible.

I don’t even know who Contestant 7 was last night. I wasn’t about to give up Lost for the second hour of American Idol, so I only saw Contestants 1 – 5. I was throwing votes at Contestants 1 and 2 (well, I was trying to throw votes at Contestants 1 and 2)—sorry, Scott, Meghan, and Anoop. You just didn’t do it for me last night.

About halfway through Lost, though, I was wondering if I shouldn’t have just watched American Idol. Lost was an all-right episode—we were getting a lot of holes filled in in the storyline—but it certainly wasn’t one of the more jaw-dropping episodes.

Until the last 10 seconds.

Holy cow. I did not see that coming.

It was jaw-dropping.

I’m glad I stuck with Lost, even though I was tempted to switch back to American Idol several times. Lost came through, even though I had my doubts. Turns out, I made the right decision.

I gotta remember that—sometimes I need to make a decision and stick with it because it will pay off. Even if I’m tempted there might be something better elsewhere. Even if I have my doubts. Hang on, because something great just might be coming.

It might even be jaw-dropping.