Daily Archives: January 21, 2017
Whataburger über alles . . .
Well, after almost a week working out of my truck on the pad, today I ‘moved on up’ to an actual guard shack.
A shack sans microwave. Somebody stole it.
While Jan worked the front gate from 5am to 5pm, I worked from 6:30am to 3:30pm on the pad. Which means that I had drop Jan off at her gate and then wait an hour or so before I went on in to the pad. But luckily they closed the pad early so she didn’t have to wait for me to get off. So we were off duty at 5pm. But rather than go back to the rig we went on into Cuero for a quick Wal-Mart stop, gas, and then food.
To show you how much we like Whataburger, we first stopped at McDonald’s for tomorrow’s breakfast sandwiches. Their Bacon, Egg and Cheese Biscuits can’t be beat.
But then we left McD’s and drove to the nearby Whataburger for dinner.
Last night after our rut-filled RV Park adventure, we had dinner at the Maya Mexican Restaurant in Cuero, chosen because it was Mexican, and because it was very busy.
And it turned out to be VERY good. We split the Fajitas Regias, with beef, chicken, and sausage, which was delicious. Hopefully we’ll have a chance to go back before we leave the area Feb. 15th.
Although I now have a shack to work out of, it doesn’t mean the area is any less muddy around the shack.
I’m not sure my boots will ever be the same.
I talked to the new Company Man this morning about getting some gravel dumped in the area to take care of the mud. Hope it works out.
As it stands, when the frack starts next weekend?, rather than Jan and I being on opposite shifts at the front gate, we will both be on the night shift, with her at the front gate and me at the pad, pretty much like we were last week. Much better.
Jan quickly discovered she’d rather be on night shift, going in at 5 in the afternoon, than getting up at 4 in the morning for day shift.
Thought for the Day:
95% of the spiders in your house have never been outside.
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