Catching Up

De, that's so awesome you made a survey for me! I'm going to answer it but you have to promise to do the same okay!! :)

1. Where do you work?: At a PEO, meaning our company does other company's payroll, payroll taxes, HR administration, Work Comp and Risk Management, Benefits, etc. I'm in the payroll department.

2. Why did you choose to work there? Actually, I applied there because it had great benefits, and it was the only clerical type of job I could find that paid that rate in Utah County at the time. I really didn't want to drive over the point of the mountain! Other than that, I really didn't know much about the company when I applied.

3. Do you like your job? I absolutely LOVE IT! I've seen other jobs come up, but I am sticking with this one until I graduate. They are so awesome. :)

5. What are the Pros/Cons

Pros: Decent pay, the people there are awesome - they make it a really great atmosphere to work in, amazing benefits, some flexibility in the schedule, awesome company parties, it's close-by, the work is okay (meaning I don't dread going to work everyday because of what I have to do there), and they are helping me pay for school. They just treat us very well all-around. And the company is growing a lot so I don't have to worry about getting laid-off due to going out of business. (That has happened to both Geoff and I in the last two years)

Cons: It's not really related to my major all that much, although I am hoping to eventually move into the accounting department, we'll see how that goes. Also, in order to have the tuition-reimbursement, I have to keep working for the company for one full year after graduating. But, if I move into the accounting department, that won't really matter. I'm thinking it might also affect my applications and availability for graduate school, but I'm sure I can find a way to make it work, maybe with the help of my academic advisor.

6. What was/is your major/minor? Major: Accounting. Minor: I haven't chosen an emphasis at this point, although there will be several emphases to choose from later on.

7. What made you pick that? Well, I actually took a couple of years off school and started doing some bookkeeping work, and realized I needed more knowledge if I was going to do well at it, then I thought, maybe that could be my major. After going back and taking all the generals, mixed with accounting classes, I realized the accounting classes were actually the ones I enjoyed and learned the most in, so, it worked out.

8. Do you have any pets? not anymore. *sniff*. We used to have two puppies, Taj and Reggie (see pics in top left corner of page), but we quickly learned we didn't have enough time for them, so we found better homes for them. I can't wait to get another one someday though, when we have more time and a backyard. I love dogs! Oh we also used to have rats. They were cute but they got sick so we put them to sleep. And birds are awesome pets as well, cockatiels especially.

9. Are they inside or outside pets? They were all inside pets.

10. Where do you live? In a condo in south orem.

11. Do you like it? Yes, we both love it actually. Our condo is fairly new so it's pretty nice compared to the other places we lived, and it's right by the school and right by the freeway, yet quiet at the same time. And I love being right next to downtown. It's nice to have everything just minutes away!

12. What are the top 5 things on your "wants" list? 1) to be done with school 2) to have a nice body 3) a house and kids and a dog, eventually 4) vacations 5) more sleep

13. What is stopping you from getting them?
1) just time, it just takes time
2) I don't know what's stopping me from having a nice body, I have a free gym pass from work and a treadmill at home... I'm just lazy about going to the gym and some days I don't have enough time due to homework, and really I like food and don't feel like watching what I eat, and some days I would rather blog. :) (the list goes on... and on, and on...)
3) the house: money, the kids: i don't feel ready for kids yet plus I want to finish school first, the dog: no time for a dog.
4) vacations: time and money, and our work schedules are so syncopated that it's hard to both get it off at the same time
5) more sleep? Well i don't know that's a good one

14. Where is your next vacation location? Our next real vacation? Probably Disneyland/San Diego. It's going to be our reward for graduating. It's a ways off but it will be very appreciated! :)

15. What is the best thing about your life right now? Lots of things, wonderful husband, great job, great family, great friends, no responsibilities other than ourselves (meaning, no kids to worry about just yet)

16. Why? I don't know, it's just, the good life, ha ha. We've been so blessed, I just can't think of it getting any better.

17. Worst? It's really hard to think of a "worst." I guess the thing that bothers me is that I'm just impatient, I want to get to a place where we can move to the next phase in life... it just takes time.

18. If you had unlimited talent what would you do different than what you are doing now? I'd have a talent for investing, which would change a lot of things; open a lot of doors. Also, an unlimited talent that would be really cool would be... something musical. Have an amazing voice or something.

19. What are 5 things you would say that you do well? Procrastinate, make cookies, get along with people (even though I'm a little on the shy side sometimes), clean (when I want to I do it well), annnnnnnnnd I can't think of a 5th right now.

20. If you were to make any changes in your life right now, what would they be? I would really really love to get involved with some organization, and go out of the country and do some kind of social work with underprivelidged children. (I can't spell underpriviledged) It's really not an option right now, but if I could change things, I would change them so it would be possible to do that.

Those are way better questions than the normal "have you ever been drunk" surveys. HA ha thanks De now it's your turn!