In the past four days, I booked a ticket to Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP), pleaded with my Dad to forgive me for missing a family vacation -- and prayed to the Gods that everything would work out. So far so good.

 

I got myself into this whole thing while I watched the Democratic National Convention with my roommate. All of a sudden, endorphins and adrenaline engulfed me whole – similar to other moments during this election when I realize how unbelievably historic this time will be remembered as. Before I knew it I was comparing flights on Orbitz and Expedia and – Boom! – at the tune of a lot of dollars, booked a ticket to the Republican National Convention. With fists pumping I chanted “I’m going to a CONVENTION!!”

 

Over the next three days, and leading to this blog post, I have been scrambling to set everything up. First: a place to crash, shower and recoup. A facebook status update did wonders and I had friends from all over make suggestions. Finally, on advice from the College Republicans, I got a dorm room at Concordia University in St. Paul. Only three miles from Xcel, where the Convention will be happening – it sounds like a perfect spot to call home base.

 

Probably the best part of this all – though – is that I will be doing live mobile-to-web reports throughout the Convention. Like the Street Teamers in Denver, we will be airing on-the-spot reports from rallies, meetings, diners and dorm rooms. I was so curious when 23 of my colleagues took on this technology on Super Tuesday. It goes without saying, I am super psyched to test this technology. 

 

Well, back to packing. I am hoping my flights go well and I make it to the Twin Cities on time. One this is for sure – this is going to be a ride of a lifetime.