More Adventure Than I Wanted

After Biden’s speech last night, I was not able to exit the way I came in. I had to make my way back to the Blogger Lounge because my laptop and backpack were still in there. Nightmarish visions of getting locked out of the lounge or trapped overnight in Pepsi Center filled my head. I passed through a series of tunnels where TV networks had set up shop — it felt like I wasn’t supposed to be there, but no one seemed to care. Somewhat disoriented, I made my way up flights of stairs against an unholy tide of people coming down to exit the building. The elevator I was used to taking down to the lounge wasn’t working, and I wound up walking the entire arc of the center before I found a nice employee of PBS News Hour who pointed me in the right direction. I will forever have warm feelings for the News Hour.

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