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Big Man gets tired of hearing how much I love my job, so I thought I'd share it you all instead.

I love my job.

I was super-freaked out to go back to work. I worked with Big Man when he had his own company, but it had been over 7 years since I worked in a real office. And if you recall, I blogged about going to the interview, acing it (yeah, baby), and being offered the job the same day. And starting work the following Monday. What I did not mention was how terrified I was. I had been honest with them about my lack of recent work experience, and I was confident that I would be able to figure stuff out, but there was that nagging voice in the back of my head telling me that I was in over my head.

I ignored it. I'm so glad I did.

I work with the best group of people imaginable. We truly are a team, working towards the same common goal: total domination of our field of expertise. Hahahahaha.... I'm kidding (sort of). Everyone is free to make suggestions, and encouraged to do so. There are no egos. We joke around a lot, but work really hard too.

So this past weekend was our annual retreat. I was tickled to be invited along, as I'm the only part-timer (and non-IT person). We rented a beautiful cabin in Tahoe, loaded up with food and drinks, and got ready to do a little bit of work and a lot of play. We had a 6-event Olympics, complete with medals for the winning team. I'm proud to say that my team won two events, and came in 4th place overall. It was so much fun.

I am so lucky to have a job that I love, that works around my crazy schedule (I can even work from home!), and appreciates everyone for their hard work. I'm most appreciative of my husband and my mom, who picked up the slack in order to make it possible for me to work out of the home.

The purpose of this posting is partly to boast (I really work at an awesome place; I love it!), but also to encourage any of you moms or dads out there who think you can't get a job because you've been out of the workplace for a while. You can. Really, you can. If you have a computer at home, you've likely kept up your computer skills. Accounting software is just about dummy-proof nowadays, and you can learn on the job. If you can show patience with your kids, you'd be great at customer service.

Many smart employers are starting to be more flexible with work hours. For example, I work 3 days a week (Tues-Thurs), starting at 7am. If I need to leave for an appointment, it's not a big deal. I also work a lot from home, which is a godsend when one (or both) of the kids are sick.

And having something of my own - something that's all mine - well, that's priceless.

So if you want to work outside of the home, get out there and start applying! There are jobs out there. I can't tell you how many really good part- and full- time jobs I applied for. And I got callbacks on almost all of them! Give it a try! And maybe we can go for lunch one day.     :)