True to form I left home late again this morning, too late even to likely make it to the Hayward station before Amtrak. Clipping down 880 I called the Amtrak status line to find that the train was running 2 minutes early, while I wouldn't get to the station until about 5 minutes after the train should have left.

Approaching the exit ("A Street Downtown") I contemplated driving in to work. The train was surely past, and heck, if I drive in, I could leave at 5 and actually get home earlier. Anyhow, thinking back to yesterday's (err, posted today) post about personal power, I decided to drop off the freeway and check Hayward station anyhow.

Sure enough, the train hadn't arrived yet, stuck behind the delayed schedule of the northbound train, waiting in a passing area for the tardy sisten train to pass by.

The train didn't actually leave Hayward until 15 minutes after I got there. I could have stopped of for chai after all.