i don't wanna grow up...

Every time I move to a new place, I feel like I have to grow up again in a lot of ways.  I experienced this Friday as I sat in New Employee Orientation and listened to about 5,486 presentations about the MANY different options I have for health insurance, dental, vision, 401K, roth IRA, life insurance, disability insurance, credit union, etc. etc. etc.  They even offered us the option to get pet insurance (for pay, of course)... who knew?  

I told some folks in NEO (that's New Employee Orientation, where they gave us an entire handout on the abbreviations people use in the organization) that I needed a financial advisor to tell me how to spend my paycheck every two weeks... It's awesome to have so many choices, but it also makes me feel the pressure to make the right decision.  One girl turned me and said, "My dad always told me that I needed to make my own mistakes.  That's the only way I was going to learn."  I guess her dad was right, and I do have to grow up eventually.  So, here's to potential wrong decisions and mistakes in my mound of choices to make before I head in to day 2 of NEO tomorrow!