New Job New Tradition

I* got a new job! HURRAY!!

I am working as the HR/Administrative Assistant for a local Engineering and Land Surveying company. We do survey's for oil and gas companies. HR and assistant is the best way I can explain what I do. I make paychecks, battle the infamous Quick Books, pay bills, balance books, fill the candy dishes, mail letters, file, pay the taxes, insurance issues, unemployment issues, shop for office supplies, etc.

Things are going pretty well, but that's because I'm in training. The girl that has been there for two years is sitting next to me the whole time so I can ask questions. She leaves next Wednesday. I'm very nervous. Balancing books via quick books and minor accounting/finance is completely out of my element. I hope that once the training is over my bosses are supportive and patient. They have made it clear - in a nice way- that if I mess up too badly we could lose an account. We only have a few accounts that are supporting our company so I read between the lines and I took it to meant that if I messed up too badly the company could go down and bring all of the people with it. I try not to stress about it but I'm not being humble when I have NO IDEA what I'm doing.

Aaron's job is going well. They are keeping him busy.

The new tradition was this gift bag that I bought today at the store. I think it's very important for couples to continue to pursue each other after marriage. The idea of a date night always sounded appealing to me so I decided to give it a go.

I bought blue gift bag, but gifts don't necessarily need to go in it. The idea of the bag is to put in the idea of an activity we can do together. Aaron LOVES scary movies (I do not) but I knew that Aaron wouldn't notice that today was Friday the 13th! So, I put together a goody bag full of candy and a movie that looked scary from the red box.

Here is a picture of the contents of the date bag.

Total cost: about $15

I could have cut back and tried to make the Friday the 13th date cheaper, but I just can't help myself when I'm buying things for Aaron that he loves.

Aaron is in the possession of the bag and it's his turn to find something for us to do in vernal. I might be asking a few friends for ideas soon. It's possible that ideas will run low here in the middle of nowhere Utah.

Also, until further notice, assume it's me (Marissa) writing the posts :)

Ta-Ra!