Interviews and rankings and offers, oh my!

Well, this past week was interesting, to say the very least. Interviews were challenging, and I am very thankful for the experiences I have had because they have taught me alot about God and about myself.

And now, today is ranking day. I am very blessed with two job offers to decide between. Unfortunately, neither of those offers are located in Waterloo or in Ottawa, so once again, my plans have been supersceded by Greater plans. It's disappointing that I won't get to be here or home in Fall term. I was extremely excited about both possibilites, but it appears that perhaps that's not the plan for now. I do, however, have an almost definite place to work for next summer term here in Waterloo, so I'll be able to stay on and help with committee stuff.

So yeah, I have been offered a job at U of T where I worked last term (but under a different supervisor and doing different research) or in Montreal with Merck Frosst. I don't know what to do! Well, I'll rephrase that. I do know what to do. I have to pray, and pray hard! Both have advantages and disadvantages. For example, I'd love to be able to spend time with my old co-workers from last term. I know Toronto pretty well now, and I'd be able to stay with Annie again, which would be awesome! Living with her was better than I could have hoped for. And, I'd be able to pop over to Waterloo every now and then, plus meet up with Victoria (as seems to be our co-op term tradition... sleepovers and fine dining ^_^ ). But then there's Montreal... I have the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art equipment, get experience in industry, and go to Montreal! I get excited when I think about it! And I'd only be 2.5 hours away from home. I could go home at least once a month. The pay of course, is great because it's industry. The only thing is, I'd be so far from Waterloo. It will be tricky to find a place to live, and that will for sure be pretty expensive. And though this really isn't a deciding factor, my long distance plan won't work in Quebec =P

But it would be cool because I could get my French fluency level back up to snuff. Merck pays for moving costs, so I wouldn't have to worry about renting a truck and stuff. But it could be very lonely over there, though I'm sure that there will be great people I will meet. There's a possibility that my friend Jeanne may work there as well (we got both the offers). But I think she's leaning towards NPS Pharmaceuticals in Mississauga.

Anyways, I have lots to do, and time to think and pray about this. It's exciting, that's for sure! Must go to DP now...