All aboard.

So, I’m sitting in the Detroit airport right now. The Northwest terminal is *huge.* There’s around 80 gates. Of course, I deplaned at gate A12 and right now (my flight isn’t until 12PM so I expect it’ll change soon enough) is at A67. I opted to walk the terminal rather than take the shuttle. It was good exercise.

The RA was awesome and awe-inspiring. I’m not sure I have the brain power at the moment to really sum it up and talk about it the way I’d like to. The days were long, yesterday especially, and I was up at 3AM so I could make my 6:40AM flight out of D.C. But I will say that it was an honor and a privilege to participate in the world’s largest parliamentary body. I was able to help chart the course for my union, speak at the Illinois caucus, put in to speak on the RA floor (but they called debate before I had a chance to speak, damnit!), see Obama speak, suggest a new resolution for next year, and despite the 10-12 hour working days, the early mornings, the insane prices of food in D.C., the beds that made my back hurt, I’m energized about unionism and ready to get started. There’s a lot to do this year and I’m super-excited to be part of that. (See, you can tell how tired I am when I’m resorting to words like ’super-excited’.)