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Halloween was a blast, the kids had great fun trick or treating for almost two hours! There are some new housings in our area but they still have dirt roads, not many kids were there so we were free to roam the streets without cars in the way. Lucas was 'flying' from one door to the next, he adored his evening. They both loved cheering "Happy Halloween" and receiving sweets. Zoe's Unicef box got filled up too, people were expecting Lucas to have one also. Only next year though as he will start kindergarden, he can't wait to have his very own box. By night they were both knights sporting scars from previous battles, by day Zoe was a cute asian girl and Lucas was Lucas-the-Builder. LOL!

Both Carl and I are on the last leg of our internship. Today though I was offered something special, a new project from school. Either Plan A: I stay and work (well hopefully they'd hire me next week) at mycurrent internship place. We heard that most of us would be hired for 3 months then... who knows.

Plan B though is that I go on a program that is sponsored by unemployment. I would be on the program for 5 months possibly at the place I adored being at on my 1st internship.

The dilemma now is that, A) I am presently at a big company (Plan A), one of the biggest in optics, B) I could learn more and even get a 2nd certificate at the Plan B place but I'm not sure I want to be selling to customers though (that would be a part of the job, can't hide from it) C) Pay would be better at Plan A, the schedule I have at the moment is ideal compared to Plan B (where I would work some nights and some weekends) D) I can see Carl at lunchtime if I stay at Plan A. E) Location of Plan B is fun, it's downtown, I can go shopping at lunch time. LOL!

At this present time, my focus is the kids, I started school for a better future for all of us. Carl's position in the company is pretty much secured, if not he already has a 2nd offer elsewhere. At my internship I am at the start of the lens making chain, other departments say that "those people" are like the lowest in the company. I like the guys I work with, I like the mood we have in the department and they let me play (work) on a 1 000 000$ machine. Hey, it makes me happy! LOL! Although my internship is in coating and treatments, which I do not enjoy much (the room is so cold and so are the people...), I prefer to be with the surface guys anyway. They keep teaching me new things all the time, they enjoy my company and say I work well, one has told my supervisor twice how well I do the job. It makes my day! :)

So.... anyone has some wise advice for me? I really don't know what to choose.

Posted by Jo at November 1, 2005 09:22 PM