Nearing Another "Last" (part iii)

Now that it is May, and the "last" spoken of in the preceding posts is completely over, I should probably finish the thought I started back in that first post.

After a couple of months working in the field of public accounting, it appealed to me much more than I had anticipated from what I knew of the profession from class experience. I still wanted to try my hand at managerial accounting, because that was my initial draw to the subject. This being the case, I was continually torn throughout the internship period, and whenever I talked with folks in the office, I could not give them a solid "yes" to public accounting, although I was enjoying what I did, and found that I did well in the work.
The deliberation between public and private accounting, and whether or not I would desire to accept a full-time position with the firm should it be offered, ran literally up to the wire with my wife and I. The Monday before the Friday I was to wrap up, I had lunch with one of the partners and we talked about my experience to that point, where I stood on plans for post-internship opportunities, and the likelihood of my accepting an offer. Since at that juncture I was more torn between my options than I had been, but I still wanted to get experience in the managerial field, I informed him that I would love to get an offer, but if there were others more strongly committed than I to employment with the firm, that I wanted the deference to go to them.
Such was the case, ultimately; out of four interns in the office, only two offers were able to be extended and despite a last-minute change of mind after a long talk with my wife, the wheels of decision were already whirring along, and it was just a little too late. I completed my final week and wrapped up all of my exit requirements, making sure I bid my farewells about the office before departing one last time. The following Tuesday, there was an office lunch to celebrate surviving busy season, and they invited me to participate in that as well; it was neat to see everyone out of the office for a while, and we chatted over chips, salsa, and Mexican cuisine for a couple hours.
It was an enjoyable end to my time with that group, and although I may have the opportunity to return there eventually, at that point, it was goodbye and a parting of ways.