The storm is over, for now

No, I'm not talking about this freaking rain we have been having (actually not that bad), but my job at the Princeton Review is finally over. My last day of work was last Friday, and it was a little bittersweet. Our division manager Young had scheduled a company meeting from 3-5 on that last day and I was almost going to skip it in favor of cleaning up my email, etc. Luckily, I didn't, as it turned out to be a meeting/party for Wendy and I. She teared up quite a bit when it was her chance to speak, and it sort of set the tone.. (Wendy has also been there for ~6 years, like me) The day turned pretty dreary after that, and with the beer and drinks (oh did I mention the meeting was at a pub around the corner ;) ), it got sort of depressing and emotional. Max had stopped by the previous day to help me take my books and stuff home, so I just had a little bit, stuffed animals, etc to take home. Anyway, so my 6-year start up job ended on a sort of quiet note.
NOW, I have a few things ahead of me to make a decision about. People are amazed that I don't want to take more time off, but I just wouldn't be able to relax if I didn't have a job lined up. So I will bite it and just start working almost immediately. On what, you say? Well, my last resort job came through, this is with the health services company that I mentioned in my last post. There are some pretty big negatives about it though. First of all, it's a little far. I may be spoiled by the last 6 years (well, my entire time in SF), but I have never had more than a bike ride to work. With this place, I would have to ride 15 minutes to the train, 15 minutes on the train, then another 20 minutes, I think to the building. And it's in South SF, which all the fog tends to start in before it rolls over the City. So it's always foggy. And depressing. And I would have to make an effort to get there. So it's not my ideal situation, but they would be paying me slightly more than what I was making at TPR, and there is the option of telecommuting after a few months. The technology is older and I wouldn't be learning much new. So that's that option, pluses and minuses.
My other option isn't quite hashed out yet, but is a combination of 2 part-time jobs, both of which offer their pluses, and minuses. The National Parks Council, which I also mentioned in my last post, is ready to offer me a position, which would be great, get me connected to the politically connected and into at least an awareness of City politics, which I have wanted for years now. (The World Environment Summit is here on June 1, which NPC has a part in, so I may even come into contact with the world leaders who will be here then..) I would be their web guy, all purpose person, cleaning up databases, rebuilding their structure, etc. It would be lots of low-level, but at a design level that I am usually not exposed to, because I'm usually plugged into already-working operations in a corporate environment. With this I would be building stuff that would probably persist for years to come. So that's that - the second position is with a co-worker at a financial company that I think does risk analysis for insurance companies or something. A group of really smart people, the position would be doing some database work to start out, and then java exposure and coding later, if it works out that way, they are still coming up with a list of projects they have. Exactly what I am looking for, someone who hires me for my skills and then learning new stuff that I wasn't able to through Princeton Review..
So, that's my position now, I was hoping to hear back from the financial company today or tomorrow, will meet with the parks people tomorrow to fill them in, and then have to tell the healthcare place my decision on Thursday. So this week is pretty heavy.. Money, security and boredom, vs. a little less money, a little less security but a lot of potential. At least I haven't used my severance yet :)