October 13, 2012

  • October skies...

    I road up to the pad about 5:30 pm tonight.  They had already started up the next stage, the pumps at full power, the exhaust smoke rising into the air.  I could hear the roar of the engines even inside the truck.  I saw the mechanics truck parked near the Frac Cat Trailer.  a few people standing around talking.  I can't hear shit when i'm that close to the trucks.  Too much background noise to really hold a conversation.

    Less than an hour of daylight left.  won't be long and We won't even have that. lol...I could tell the Sunset would be pretty tonight.  the Sun was already behind some clouds.  The wind has been moving pretty good.  The air is cold, must be in the 40's now, it's going to be a bit brisk tonight.  I think I will be wearing my jacket when out and about.  Might need a little bit more cover on my head as well...lol  Even in the middle of winter I can't stand much of a hat.  The stages are getting faster.  we should be able to get three down tonight.  that should mean that we will be rigging down tomorrow night and moving to the next pad.

    It's a productive shift so far.  will be a good bonus check next month for the time spent.   Knock on wood or something like it, it's been quite out here as far as the equipment working.  it was like that last time.  a whole week of everything working than a week of shit.  lol  usually waits for Erik to come back on shift.   He seems to get the brunt of it.  I almost feel bad, but than again, I'll get over it.

    I did say almost.

    Not a bad week so far. been getting in good workouts,  only 4 or 5 hrs sleep a night, but we'll see how that effects me next week.  Usually if I can keep it consistent, it works well.  Monday is the tipping point, when I can count down the days...hell I start counting as soon as I get here...lol  Had a little bit of work to get done here,  Since I can't walk in between the pumps right now, (they had a guy get killed last week)  not much to do until we are in between stages.  than it's only 20 minutes of looking, walk around and show myself.  I wasn't very motivated last  night to work on stuff.  tonight is a bit different.  I will be very busy.    Still gets pretty old by 3am...lol  this morning I laid down and fell asleep in a moment.  still woke up by noon.

    didn't work out real hard today.  maybe 40 minutes max and not much in effort.  some bike some treadmill...some weights.  Tomorrow I will take off.  Tonight I will try and get 5 miles of walking in.   I'm like a squarral in a big gage, walking around the pad.  about 300 feet by 400 feet.  push ups and situps,  I'll push it pretty hard tonight since I'll have tomorrow to recover.

    I've made good progress over the last 3 or 4 rotations.  I can do 200 sit-ups and push ups over a couple of sets in a shift.   LOL  when I started working on it I won't even say what I did.  I've reached my goal of doing 100 sit-ups in a single set, but still am working on push-ups...only up to 60 in a row...I'll get to that 100 mark in few more rotations.  No practical value (well maybe one thing) but I should just be able to do it.  not my favorite thing to work on.

    I'm curious how I'm doing on weight this rotation.  the last two have not gone well....I'll see if I have better control than the last few times.

    Well someone wants me...lol  guess i'll go do some work....