<p>Please follow through the story. Sorry its so long but I had to get all the details out!</p>
<p>Right now I’m an intern with the US Forest Service. Originally when I was hired, I told them that I was planning on interning this semester, going to summer school and then coming back for one more semester in the fall. However I really do not feel I have been challenged enough this past semester. There were several days where I had nothing to do and many days where I was doing manual labor that really didn’t have too much to do with engineering - I don’t mind and am not complaining about the work but it’s not making use of anything I am learning in school which is why I took the internship. I started looking for another internship whether that be in the summer or fall. Recently, I started getting questions from coworkers and my supervisor about my plans for the future. Since it was getting to late April and I had found nothing, I told them that I was still planning on following through with my plans on going to summer school. I intentionally left out the part that I would be coming back in the fall but every time someone asked me that, one of the lead engineers in the office - one of the people on the small committee that interviewed me - would add “and he is coming back in the fall” so that kind of put me in an awkward spot.</p>
<p>Late last week, I received a job offer for the summer from the North Carolina DOT and I am planning on accepting the offer and returning to school in the fall? What do I do now that everyone in the office thinks (and has been recently assured) that I will be coming back in the fall? What’s the best way to get out of this without “burning” any relationships and being rude? My last day is next Thursday (May 3rd)</p>
<p>And if anyone has any suggestions what I could do better next time if I was put in this situation again that would be awesome!</p>