So I suppose I've capitulated. That and it's 6.16am in a hotel room in Great Falls, MT and I don't really need to be on the road for a few hours yet, so why not.
Admittedly, the information flow has been fairly asymmetric, and there has been curiosity expressed about the A commenter. Not that it'll all be alleviated here, but I suppose I'll leave open the possibility. It could be fun.
At any rate, here go secrets, spilling one by one. I occasionally work as an oil geologist in Canada. Out on the rig with the Canadian roughnecks and whathaveyou. I came up and worked for ten days last January, but in general haven't done it in about a year and a half now because of other things going on in my life. But I'm heading up for a few months and am pretty excited about it. Freezing cold temps and Canadian roughneck guys who cuss a lot out in the middle of nowhere. It isn't the perfect job for a lot of people, but surprisingly it's sort of the perfect job for me.
I actually end up having a fair bit of free time in my winter projects, so I'll get to read and knit and snowshoe and do other projects unrelated to the immediate work. I usually have a lot of free time. It's a great job.
So by this afternoon I'll be in Calgary if they let me across the border and give me a new work permit. And I'll be having dinner and staying with SM, who may or may not be friendly with E. And after a few days in Calgary I'll head out to the middle of nowhere for the winter, and home will be a shack next to a drilling rig.
I've always sort of been a letter writer, but don't think I have too much of that on the agenda for this winter, so maybe the 'You win' blog will take the place of that.
So how's that for an information overload from your anonymous commenter?
Now that wasn't so hard was it? In time you will see that letting me win once in a while isn't so bad, in fact it's probably good for you. Especially if you're the letter writing sort. Especially if you have free time on your hands.
ReplyDeleteBut let's not make it all about me, eh? I know I love it when it's all about me, but this is YOUR blog now, why don't we change up the
background, invite a few friends, and leave SH completely out of this? This A is as much for yourself as it is for your readers, make
the most of it. If you keep it up, in a few years you will thank me for nudging you into the blog world. So you're welcome. Take off you coat, put your feet up, why not stay a while?
Ok, welcome speech over, sorry I ate your welcome basket. Let's get down to business:
wow, oil rigs huh? You're like the real life version of ben affleck in Armageddon. Except you're not out in the middle of the ocean, nor
drilling, nor ben affleck. Living alone out there like that is bound to create enough material for a novel or two, just look at Thoreau and what two years in the woods did for him. On second thought, let's leave thoreau out of this too.
What does one do on a daily basis as a geologist? Collect a bunch of oil samples I guess and test them? But then what? All I do is press a few buttons all day and tell the box what to do.
This is fascinating. Looking forward to the next post. Welcome.
Also, why is it that you wake so early?
ReplyDeleteI must say, I'm quite delighted with the title & url of your blog. Quite delighted indeed.
ReplyDeleteI just started waking up early a fair number of years ago - maybe eight? - and have been at it ever since. Something in my body just clicked.
ReplyDeleteBut I do have a meeting at 8am tomorrow in downtown Calgary. So I'm going to have to wake early and get to the Light Rail and get downtown. Pain in the butt.