I had said that in June I shouldn't be in first place.

Now, losing first place by just 2 posts is frustrating! I could have really gotten first place.

True, you were right this time, but you were very close nevertheless and still had a respectable number of posts written. I expect you retake the first post in July.
I wasn't expecting it to be this close to first place.
By my calculations, I must have gone back to more than 300 posts in July. So I will be looking forward to your analysis.

And thanks again for the great work! Keep going!