Can you get an internship of some sort with an engineering firm since you will have actually completed a year? Does your school have any placement assistance?

Can you get a job at the Uni? Schools function all year nowadays; I'd try to find a school job or a job in a library/music store, something "fun" that you would like if you weren't going to school? How about music lessons? Could you work in a music shop and give lessons? I'm sure there are little girls out there that would love a sensitive, young teacher to idolize :-)