In the realm of acronyms, Friday was a real winner: TMI's IAB invited SAB MBAs and EGLs to the NCMS for a planning retreat. In English, I spent the day with TMI's industry advisors and a few other students planning the future of TMI. It was great to have a say, great to hear about what industry wants from this institute, and great to have such distinguished face time with people who are keen to hire TMI-ers. It's rare that you get a chance to stand up, alone, in front of 20 potential employers and make a presentation on behalf of their peers, but that is exactly what happened Friday afternoon. Plus I made a couple of interesting connections in the transportation manufacturing industry at lunch and I got to take home a plate of cheesecake squares topped with mandarin oranges. A terrific day, I'd say.

Saturday and Sunday were pretty lazy. I dislike the first weekend in April because of the whole DST switch, but we fought it off I suppose. Saturday we joined some classmates at b-dubs in Ann Arbor to watch hoops, which were depressingly boring. So, we skated a little early and checked out 'Walk the Line.' It was good but sad in the very same sense as 'Ray' was a year ago. In point of fact, had they not been biopics I think the authors would have sued themselves for copyright infringement.

Sunday we got up and had eggs and toast for breakfast, did some spring cleaning, and then headed out to the Arb for a walk along the Huron and then back towards home along the highlands. When I move out of Huron Towers I'm quite confident that I'll wish the Arb figured more prominently in life there, but c'est la vie. In the evening we huddled around some work and some mini pizzas and were boring in the face of a busy week full of deliverables and meetings.