Monthly Archives: August 2016
Any Minute Now . . .
We’re finally starting to settle in to Gate Mode as far as our sleeping hours.
A lot of couples do a 12 on, 12 off kind of thing, but that just doesn’t work for Jan and I. We split our shifts up with Jan coming out at 7am with breakfast and then relieving me. I sleep from 7 to about 11, and then I come out with coffee and sit a while.
After doing Internet Stuff, I come back out about 1pm and then work until 6pm, while Jan does her computer stuff and naps. Then at 6pm Jan comes out with supper and then she works until 11pm. Finishing up, I then work until 7am.
Rinse, Lather, Repeat.
So I work 13 hours and Jan works 11, and I sleep about 4 hours twice a day. A lot of people ask about this sleeping schedule, and all I can say is that it works for me. I can do it 3 or 4 months at a time with no problem.
The rig spent most of the day loading drill pipe onto the derrick, letting it hang of the side so it’s ready to go as fast as they drill.
One thing that was neat was that two truck drivers remembered us from 2 years ago at our North Zulch gate, which is only about 15 miles from here.
Our Internet here is still pretty sucky, but before I fool with putting up our Wilson booster, I’m going to see if I can get on the site’s WiFi. It’s showing 5 bars so it should be a good connection, but I’m going to wait for them to start drilling before I ask.
We had 74 vehicles come in the gate today, a lot of them trucks coming in to pick up equipment, cranes, bucket trucks, etc., that were used to set up the rig and aren’t any longer until it’s time to tear it back down.
That’s about it for today. More tomorrow.
Thought for the Day:
I miss the days you could push someone in the pool without worrying about their cell phone.
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Almost, But Not Quite . . .
We kind of started logging this evening since it looked like they were going to start drilling.
But they’re still having problems, as least partially because this is a brand spanking new rig. As one guy said, parts of it still had the bubble wrap on it. But then tonight a CANRIG guy said, maybe Saturday, maybe Sunday. So I guess we’ll see.
We’re pretty much all set up with the canopy, chairs, table, clock all in place. And I’ll gradually get the electrical stuff, i.e. chargers, lights, etc., in position and working.
We did have something unexpected happen today, though.
We got fed.
A young lady came through the gate and asked if we like BBQ, When we said YES!, she said she was catering today and would save a couple of plates for us.
Really good BBQ. Don’t know who she was with, or if this will be a regular occurrence, but it was nice. And Banana Pudding for dessert.
Jamie’s coming back by Monday or Tuesday to bring us more water. We only had about 350 gallons to start with, rather the 500 gallons the tank holds.
Don’t know where he’s getting his water now, but it’s really soft. I know in some cases he buys if from city water works or the fire department.
He’s also bringing me a hardhat so that I’ll have one to wear when I go on the pad. It’s a requirement here, even for civilians.
That’s about it for today, with not much noteworthy happening.
Hopefully more tomorrow.
Thought for the Day:
“When elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers.”
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