Strange Realization

I was just now thinking that this is the first election day since 2000 that I’m not working at a big news organization. Two, four, and six years ago I’d be gearing up to be at the office on some weird schedule like 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., hoping we’d order the right kind of pizza for dinner and scrambling to adjust the coverage as new info came in. Everything would be in a huge, crazy rush, and the anticipation of each new development felt like the weight of the world.

Frankly, I miss it.