The Update- May 6th

In today’s edition of The Update Journal… a simple trip to the bathroom turned into a full existential crisis after Sunset Citrus Margarita soap from Bath & Body Works smelled so much like an actual drink that I briefly questioned whether I should pour it over ice and serve it with tortilla chips. At what point did soap stop smelling “clean” and start smelling like the appetizer menu at a rooftop restaurant in Queens?Meanwhile, we say goodbye to Spirit Airlines — the airline that charged you extra for blinking too hard, but somehow managed to fly for years with zero fatalities. Sure, your knees were in your chest, your carry-on bag needed financing, and the boarding process felt like supermarket sweepstakes… but they got people where they needed to go. Eventually. Usually. And honestly, there’s something beautiful about surviving a Spirit flight and immediately texting your family, “Landed safely. Never again.”And in Brandon’s Take: Decision Day arrives for high school seniors — the magical 24-hour period where teenagers make the most expensive button click of their lives while pretending they totally understand student loans. Nothing says “adulthood” like committing to four years of stress and debt while your family asks, “So… are you excited?” through tears and FAFSA paperwork.It’s soap that smells edible, airlines that somehow became lovable on the way out, and the annual tradition of emotionally purchasing your future — because anything can happen in New York.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, A 39-year-old man was stabbed to death in an attack near the heart of Times Square, cops said. An airliner approaching John F. Kennedy Airport and a small propeller plane came within 500 feet of each other— at least the second close call near the Queens travel hub in two weeks.And in Washington, President Trump revived the Presidential Physical Fitness Award as part of his push to return an annual physical fitness test to America’s schools.