Ever have one of those moments where you kinda wish you had waited?
It's not full out regret, but you're wondering what could have happened if only you have not made that decision when you had.

We I've chosen my final workterm and that much is written in stone. I did so before the real competition for jobs had begun and all the jobs had been listed.

Now, somewhat to my disappointment, jobs from employers never before heard of in the coop world have come ringing in with tons of openings.

Amongs those at the top of my "I almost wish I could" list are General Dynamics and British Aerospace.

But like I said, it's not regret. I'm happy where I'm going because it's a powerhouse company, looks good on a resume, and isn't permanent :)

On a side note,
I'm going to reshape the content of this blog to be more or less, totally personal.
The details of the business end of things, such as my new research project will be found over at HalOtis

Among other things, I'm becoming obsessed with time consumption.

Despite forcing myself to work and get the endless stream of assignments done by due, I'm finding that I don't have enough time in the days anymore to actually unwind.

I had planned to throw a good deal of my spare time at researching my HalOtis project, however that hasn't been the case.

Despite a 20 minutes here for reading with a glass of wine, or an hour there for beer and Xbox Live, I've been buried in books.

So, I've decided to add to the total amount of time available for consumption.
I'm religiously taking to the idea of a glass of wine a day.
God willing, it will extend my "natural" lifespan by 10-20%.
That, and I now have a wine dealer (fully licensed) in my building :)

It's quickly becoming evident that this school term is going to be academically cruel.
Course work is piling up quicker than I can deal a blow to it and the difficulty of understanding of topics is mounting very rapidly.

I've also come to the realization (upon some reflection as to how I've gotten these co-op jobs) that my real job, the one I'm going see and be recruited for in the fall, will be strongly based upon my marks this term.

Even though I don't really know what I want for a job just yet, I'm learning what I don't want. Given the competition for engineers now, early offers will start sailing out in September and those will be based heavily upon the most recent grades achieved.. that being this term.

So it looks like I'm in for 3.5 months of serious sacrifice.
A good showing this term could quite possibly mean an excellent head start.
It seems to have meant that this time around.

Things seem to be getting a little stale around these parts.

It might just be the shock of the sudden end to my year-long break and being thrust back into the relentless grind of school, but it's still pretty boring.

After a 4-month taste of some real money making, a warm summer of 2 courses a week, a trip to the good ol' American South, a month of vacation at home, and another work term followed by Christmas, the joy is lost in school somewhere.

I think a change in direction is needed here, just to freshen things up a little.
What that direction is.... well I'm still working on it :)