New job, conference and apple stickers

Was happy to find I was successful in a job application recently, and this week I started in the position. I'm now the Senior Programs Officer - so basically I've just got an extra word in front of my job title. More responsibility, more of the boring admin, but longer term projects and a little bit more money.


This was nicely timed as the job came with a registration for the Australasian Science & Technology Exhibitors Network annual conference which ran on Monday and Tuesday this week here at work. Whilst the conference was very interesting, it meant I got to spend two days hanging out with Robyne from Questy - who would have to be one of the nicest people I know. We had a lot of fun catching up on ALL the gossip, drinking champers and laughing.


Both of these things means I've been super busy, but thankfully husband provided me with some light relief earlier this week when he asked me on morning whether I'd stuck an apple sticker behind his ear the day before. Amidst my giggles of bemusedness I managed to admit that no, I had not stuck an apple sticker behind his ear. Even though I wish it was something I had somehow managed to do, I really couldn't take the credit for it. I can't really recall the last time I ate an apple near him (seeing as I eat them at work).


Thus began our little own X-File - how had the sticker got there? Was it a sticker from one of our apples? He didn't know. How long had it been there? He wasn't sure. How had he not felt the sticker on his ear? Had someone stuck it on his jumper and it got transferred to his ear maybe? Seemed likely, but who can say? Thinking of this has kept me amused the rest of the week.


Then yesterday afternoon one of the girls suggested I do something a little bit naughty - that I should take her apple sticker (different type of apple to ours) and stick it fairly obviously behind my ear. I didn't think I'd be able to keep a straight face when I picked him up form work, but when he did notice I managed to cover it OK... I began by accusing him of putting it there to get me back even though I didn't actually put it there, then followed up with lots of giggling in confusion. I kept randomly giving him accusing stares and then giggling in the car on the hour drive home. Is it wrong that I find myself so funny?


With the arrival of husband's best mate and brother, I quickly organised for them to have apple stickers behind their ears, just to really confuse matters. Unfortunately I couldn't hold it together any more and totally cracked, admitting that I had set him up slightly.

Still - I wasn't the original apple sticker sticker, I just took a good idea and ran with it...