Friday morning

Started off about 5 minutes early but turns out there was a train delay anyways. I didn't understand the announcement, but soon Shirin came in the same train car. We know which one to get in to position ourselves near the stairs at the transfer station. A few cars away, and we'd be in the mob and miss at least one train. The come every 2 minutes, but it's still important. So when the train doors open, it's like when you have to go to the bathroom and you've held it in for 30 minutes, all of a sudden there's a burst into the toilet, that's what happens when the train doors open. We just run for the stairs, relieved. But the announcement was 'person-body' accident, which usually means someone jumped in front of the train. I looked shocked and Shirin says it happens all the time. I guess they cleaned up the mess and in 10 minutes we were moving. At the transfer station, attendants were handing out slips of paper. I took one, and later found out they're slips that say why you were late, and you're supposed to give it to your boss. Just like back in school days for us.

My excitement came today with a phone call from the president of the SEIA, the premier Solar lobby organization in the USA. He is a Michigan alum, and we talked about Sanyo USA joining. He said he and SEIA were responsible for the large tax credit for solar energy in Bush's recent bill, a huge victory for the industry. He was kind and offered to get in touch with him when I graduate.