Winter A began with a cru-blam-ohhweeeeeeee-nnnggnggngntnntntnttn this morning at 8:00 AM Michigan time. S3 converged in E1540 for Management Accounting and all was back to normal. The assembled had a good break with two engagements, two weddings, and one baby. Duane also switched to coffee and Caroline got new sunglasses. It's funny what sitting in a room with a group of 70 people 18 hours a week will do to your memory.
Mandatory weekend recap: Friday night we watched hockey down at Yost and then "The Incredibles" back at my place. Saturday we were out and about; World Market, Mir's Oriental Rugs, Moosejaw, Sun & Snow Sports, Hollanders, and etc. In the evening we had dinner and zipped back down to Yost and saw several returning MBAs in Section 18, which was a pleasant addition to the game. Sunday got a little gobbled by TMI mock interviews in the middle of the day, but the afternoon was sunny and afforded a walk outside and plenty of time for work.
Doug (from Webb days) was in town, or in region more correctly, so we got together for dinner on Sunday. He's kicking off the LFM plant tour with stops in and around Detroit, which included an evening in Dearborn where he, Jenelle, and I had dinner at Chili's and met a few of his friends at Bailey's for a drink or two afterwards. It was great to 'talk shop' with another Webbie-turned-MBA. Two points of agreement stand out in my mind: 1. Accounting and engineers don't mix and 2. Webb was way harder than b-school. He also said something that I found myself agreeing with, somewhat to my internal surprise, that without our engineering dual degrees this might not be the direction we would have chosen. (Ask again in five years, though, we joked.)