The New Year is going full steam ahead.

WOW - 2008 is already in full swing, Wim is back to work, driving to Merelbeke every day now and the kids are back in school.

Filling out Elias's school agenda, I had to write 2008 instead of 2007.
It made me think of my own school days, how I thought it was really cool to write the new year (and often still writing the old year). Made me just chuckle thinking about that... I must be getting old.

On Monday I returned my laptop, some servers and monitor to Cisco. I kind of hoped that I had a chance to say goodbye to some of the TAC engineers, maybe even have a quick lunch with them. But as I was "accompanied" by their manager, he walked me to his office and quickly walked me back to the front door. Five minutes in and out.
And that was the end of my Cisco career.
I didn't feel sad though - just one chapter that has closed.. on the the next one.


Speaking of the next chapter, on Tuesday I had a meeting with someone from Cronos (where Wim works). It was a "she", which I always have a tougher time talking to :-) For some reasons I'm more used talking to men when it comes to work.
But either way, she asks what I want to do, explaines what they are working on, asks if I am interested and what hours I want to do.
If I will work 3/5, this means I need to work 22.8 hours a week.
If I work half time, I need to work for 19 hours.

Since I don't have after care for the kids, I wanted to work on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 till 15:30 (with a half hour lunch break, but this brings me to only 18 hours a week). She suggested I could work a few more hours on Friday to get to the 3/5. I wanted some time to think about it and sent an email yesterday eveninjg saying I wanna do the half time, so I have Fridays off.
I am now waiting to hear back from her because they want me to meet someone else to discuss the salary and such. I'm not even sure if they want me though...
I'll just wait and see.
I hope to hear back pretty soon so I know whether I can start with the teaching classes or not (they start on January 28).

When I discussed the day with Wim, he was wondering whether it is worth to work half time in engineering. If I could find a job in a school and work full time there (which is only 21 hours a week), would I make the same?
Which would I prefer?? Not to mention the days off during Holidays....

Tough decisions...