So. I'm back in civilization. Left winter project site at 2.30am yesterday - the rig was leaving at 3am and given the already-poor condition of the roads, I didn't want to be leaving after it.
This got me back to Calgary by about 3.30 in the afternoon, which had the added advantage of allowing me to drop off my computer for repair. (Did I mention it stopped working a few days ago?) I have it back now, less than 24 hours later, fixed. Which is a relief. And free, still being under warranty.
Anyway. First thing this morning I was planning to hang out around Calgary for about a week before going to do this other job. About 8.30am I speak to the ops geologist about coming in to meet with her today, and she tells me that they've decided to do the well without a geologist. Fine. So I book a flight back to Colorado for Sunday. I then proceed into downtown to have lunch with the geologists I worked with this winter. S offers me more work starting Tuesday. I go back to where I'm staying after lunch and cancel the flight I'd booked that morning. S calls about 5 minutes later to cancel me for the more work I'd just canceled my flight for. I have to book a second flight back to Colorado.
Argh. Lost two jobs in a matter of hours. Booking and canceling flights left and right. Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria. Bizarre day. But that's the way it works sometimes.
So I'm going home Sunday. The end.
I should be back by mid-April at the latest for more work, possibly sooner. But I did plenty of work this winter so really don't need to work any more. For the year, really, but it does sound like I'll be pretty busy through the summer...
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That's a bummer about all the cancellations. Has happened to me before too, and can get frustrating. But I guess that is the life of a freelancer. Sounds like you don't have too much trouble getting work though, which is nice in times like these when many people are dying to get back to work but can't find anything. I myself just quit my other job. More on that later. Must get back to work!
ReplyDeleteYeah. It doesn't look like I'll have any problem making 100 days this year... which at what they pay me works out to be a pretty sizable sum. And then I'll be back in school for another semester in late August. Not a bad balance, really. I've already made way more money than I need for the year. And now have a few months of vacation during which I can work on other things in my life. It is very nice in times like these and I'm certainly not unappreciative.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love my job. It really was a fabulous, fabulous winter. Fantastic, actually.