Well, I've survived my first week back at school. Was a lot harder than I thought, trying to adjust to "normal" life. Trying to return to a routine school schedule after coming fresh off of the Solar Decathlon is a lot like falling back to Earth after a long while spent floating through space; I've forgotten how to walk.
I feel a little better about this school year, however, since I'll be focusing a lot of my efforts on my senior design project, which involves - you guessed it - solar power. I'll be helping design and build a solar array to power an off-grid system at Walden West, a sort of alternative school designed to teach kids about renewable energy and eco-friendly lifestyles. I saw the site that I'll be working at for the first time yesterday, and boy, do we have a lot of work ahead of us. All that stands there currently is an "array" of 2 solar panels, and 2 different wind generators. Needless to say, I can see why they're happy to have us improve the system. I suppose "improve" is a generous term. "Replace" would be better suited.
One more year, I keep reminding myself. Then I can start a new chapter in the book of my life. And these next 9 months had better come and go pretty quickly. Because frankly, I'm ready for change.
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