So I come to work today thinking im going to be helping finish up some ground work for a gravell pad. To my suprise i get told were doing concrete. Ok I can handle that.
Well as we sit and wait for the people at the gate to get there crap together it is only getting hotter. It is what we call heat catigory 5 by the time we actualy start putting the mud in the hole. Concrete is only suposed to be in the truck for 1 1/2 Hours. Before we even started It had been in the trucks for about 4 hours. So its already starting to cure. BAD MOJO. We pour the first small job no prob. then we head over to the next job. Much bigger, about 200 ft of side walk. The mud is a little to dry, and the people operating the truck and us dont realy speak the same languege. So are shoot man tells the guy to stop and he puts more in. We tell them to move and they stay. All of this makes our job much harder. Put that with the unberible heat, and humidity and lets say it was a misserable day.
My clothes were so wet from sweet that it looked like i had jumped in a pool. I had to actualy change clothes and sit my boots out to dry. You could not keep watter in your body. I must have drank aobut 1.5 gallons of watter in the 2 3/4 hours we were working. Normally you whould have to use the bathroom, not today.
So lets jsut say tonight is early to bed, I think ill be in the sack around 7pm. Just another fun day for me.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
So it gets HOTTER
Well as I wake up on my day off,( you know one day out of seven) I go out side and think wow it is actually getting hotter here. Now most of the time i dont mind some warm temps. I have no problem with 90s and even low 100s. But come on give me a break, its seriously like 110 to 115 all the time and I think its actually getting hotter now. Feels like 120s I mean come on. I dont think any place should have to ever have to deal with crap like that. Aperently the hi is suposed to be 113 today but its already 115. so if your hungry and got a couple eggs and no pan no woriies. Just take out side crack them on some concrete in the sun or asphalt and bang you got cooked egss.
Other then that not much else to say. I have been getting in a good work out regiment. So far have lost 12 lbs or so. Not bad for only 1 month. my goal is to drop a toatal of 40 while im here. If i stay on this regiment I should be fine. Well all stay cool i know i wont :)
Other then that not much else to say. I have been getting in a good work out regiment. So far have lost 12 lbs or so. Not bad for only 1 month. my goal is to drop a toatal of 40 while im here. If i stay on this regiment I should be fine. Well all stay cool i know i wont :)
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Almost Three Weeks In
Just want to say sorry for the time inbetween post got to make more time in the day when you work 12 hours 6 days a week...
So im almost three weeks in to this whole thing and so far its ok...... If you can stand stupid rules and stupid people its paridise. We have a certian upper echalon( once again spelling) that figures youve been here for 3 days and guess what were going to make your life even better, if you leave keys in your vehicle out side your shop you loose the vehicle for a undetermined length of time. Most of us havent even got our bodys in the swing of things with the time change and 110 + heat . Let alone got our brains wrapted into being here at that point. I mean come on arent you suposed to help us out not be a detramint to us. ( Roo you definetly know what im talking about here.)
So with all that going on Im trying to stay away from all the fatty foods that chow halls love to through at you. Like big fatty hamburgers, and motzzarela sticks, onion rings, stuff cooked in i think all grease to give it flavor because the people cooking it dont realy know what there doing with american style food. Tuesday is steak and lobbster night...... If they didnt cook the steaks to past well and the lobbster boil for about 10 minutes too long if might be good.
I on the other hand have taken to eating helthy. Yuck..... I have a ham, cheese, mushroom, greenbell peper, onion tomato and Jahlopio omlete with some sausage and hash browns for breakfest and grilled chiken salad for lunch and dinner( but you cant have salad without ranch and not the fat free stuff eaither ) :) On sundays I splurge a bit, mabey eat a few ribbs and a cookie. And dont get me wrong im not starving my self, my salad is huge! But letuce jsut dosent have much in it.
Other then that Its still HOT, that wont change for a few months when it gets to a chilly 60 or 70 at night and 80 or so in the day LOL. When i get home there is going to be quite the temp differance. Well all time to hit the rack..... More to come.....
So im almost three weeks in to this whole thing and so far its ok...... If you can stand stupid rules and stupid people its paridise. We have a certian upper echalon( once again spelling) that figures youve been here for 3 days and guess what were going to make your life even better, if you leave keys in your vehicle out side your shop you loose the vehicle for a undetermined length of time. Most of us havent even got our bodys in the swing of things with the time change and 110 + heat . Let alone got our brains wrapted into being here at that point. I mean come on arent you suposed to help us out not be a detramint to us. ( Roo you definetly know what im talking about here.)
So with all that going on Im trying to stay away from all the fatty foods that chow halls love to through at you. Like big fatty hamburgers, and motzzarela sticks, onion rings, stuff cooked in i think all grease to give it flavor because the people cooking it dont realy know what there doing with american style food. Tuesday is steak and lobbster night...... If they didnt cook the steaks to past well and the lobbster boil for about 10 minutes too long if might be good.
I on the other hand have taken to eating helthy. Yuck..... I have a ham, cheese, mushroom, greenbell peper, onion tomato and Jahlopio omlete with some sausage and hash browns for breakfest and grilled chiken salad for lunch and dinner( but you cant have salad without ranch and not the fat free stuff eaither ) :) On sundays I splurge a bit, mabey eat a few ribbs and a cookie. And dont get me wrong im not starving my self, my salad is huge! But letuce jsut dosent have much in it.
Other then that Its still HOT, that wont change for a few months when it gets to a chilly 60 or 70 at night and 80 or so in the day LOL. When i get home there is going to be quite the temp differance. Well all time to hit the rack..... More to come.....
Monday, July 13, 2009
Hot Hot Hot.......and hot
So here I sit in a place that is Hot as you can see from my title. Not sure exactly what the temp is but you sit out side at night and sweat every where. We have ac in our rooms but no internet in them. So if you want to beable to chat with freinds and family. Send emails and pics you must suffer the woderful heat.
Things here arent that bad though we do get food and lots of water, lots of water. With temps 100 to 12o or 130 pretty much every day you have to have a watter bottle in your hand all the time. Wich is fine except for the constent getting up to go pee. I used to be able to say in bed every night all night and not get up. Not here the first couple of nights i was up atleast 3 times. I feel like a old man with over active bladder syndrom. Some of the people here are pretty cool, the Brits can be funny. Had a group of them tell me dont leave any thing behind us dam brits will have it in a hart beat( as they eye my laptop).
My room is more like a cell two bunk beds not long enough for my 6' 2" body to fit in by any means. There is a three foot walk way inbetween the beds and two small wall lockers. I was so excited that i didnt have a room mate. Then on the 2nd Night i get woke up at around 2 30 am my time, and my new room mate stuck his head in. Well great let me move all my crap since i hadnt realy had the energy to put up my crap at that point. I mean come on there is not enough room for one let alone 2 or more in these things. My room in tech school with 3 people in it was way bigger by far. So far we havent had any real work with the hole changing of the people out, so it sbeen kinda draging. Hoping that we start doing some reel work so the time will pass by. Speeking of time its time for me to hit the rack its late and 4am come pretty soon when you cant sleep the hole night through.
7th day more too come. IF THE INTERNET WILL COPERATE OVER HERE. :)
Things here arent that bad though we do get food and lots of water, lots of water. With temps 100 to 12o or 130 pretty much every day you have to have a watter bottle in your hand all the time. Wich is fine except for the constent getting up to go pee. I used to be able to say in bed every night all night and not get up. Not here the first couple of nights i was up atleast 3 times. I feel like a old man with over active bladder syndrom. Some of the people here are pretty cool, the Brits can be funny. Had a group of them tell me dont leave any thing behind us dam brits will have it in a hart beat( as they eye my laptop).
My room is more like a cell two bunk beds not long enough for my 6' 2" body to fit in by any means. There is a three foot walk way inbetween the beds and two small wall lockers. I was so excited that i didnt have a room mate. Then on the 2nd Night i get woke up at around 2 30 am my time, and my new room mate stuck his head in. Well great let me move all my crap since i hadnt realy had the energy to put up my crap at that point. I mean come on there is not enough room for one let alone 2 or more in these things. My room in tech school with 3 people in it was way bigger by far. So far we havent had any real work with the hole changing of the people out, so it sbeen kinda draging. Hoping that we start doing some reel work so the time will pass by. Speeking of time its time for me to hit the rack its late and 4am come pretty soon when you cant sleep the hole night through.
7th day more too come. IF THE INTERNET WILL COPERATE OVER HERE. :)
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Finally A Day
So i finally got a day....it might only be 3 or 4 days from now but i finally got a day. As i was in the grocerie store buying some Marciano olives for my mother and some strawberrie frozen bars for her I get the call. Hello you leave on friday you need to be xxxxx at xxxxx time. Well sure i guess ill be there then. I mean its not like its what i get payed for. I guess it sjust kinda hard for a guy that likes to know what is going on at all times in his life. I mean i might not be the most organized person in the world but if there is some thing big going on I usually have it planned out more than three days let me repeat three days befor i leave the country and family for 6 months when i leave. Can you imagine telling you familly ill be leaving some time soon, then after 3 months say o and by the way remember how i said ill be leaving well its in three days. I know that that is part of my ocupation but holy shit give me a break. Three days is not much time.
Good thing I have my stuff packed minus a few small things. No not my underware, I have those thank you very mcuh. A new tooth brush mabey some lotion to combat the extream heat ill be encountering and similar things. So now I sit here thinking do i have every thing. Do i have all the clothes or toiletries ill need. Well i can buy the stuff i need where im going but is there any small thing form home that i need. Mabey a picture, or do i have enough on my computter. Do I have all the phone numbers ill need. O wate ill have somuch time to make Phone calls while im working 12 hour days 6 or so days a week. Do I have enough............ I dont know Ive never been. So I sit here late night pondering my packing and just dont know.
Do you know what you need for a six month lets say vacation from home where you will not be in the country. You will have the abillity to buy things where your going but do you have the little things. I guess il have to tell you all after ive been there for a few days if i missed any thing that could be important. That way when you have to go some where for 6 months o wait you probably wont. thats ok ill still tell you. You never know what could cause you to take a 6 month hiatias from life as you know it and do some thing crazy like go over to the desert and enjoy the the 130 degree heat and 80 to 100 percent humidity.
Well all enjoy the comforts becuase you may never know when they might have to stay at home while you go on a WALK ABOUT. :)
Good thing I have my stuff packed minus a few small things. No not my underware, I have those thank you very mcuh. A new tooth brush mabey some lotion to combat the extream heat ill be encountering and similar things. So now I sit here thinking do i have every thing. Do i have all the clothes or toiletries ill need. Well i can buy the stuff i need where im going but is there any small thing form home that i need. Mabey a picture, or do i have enough on my computter. Do I have all the phone numbers ill need. O wate ill have somuch time to make Phone calls while im working 12 hour days 6 or so days a week. Do I have enough............ I dont know Ive never been. So I sit here late night pondering my packing and just dont know.
Do you know what you need for a six month lets say vacation from home where you will not be in the country. You will have the abillity to buy things where your going but do you have the little things. I guess il have to tell you all after ive been there for a few days if i missed any thing that could be important. That way when you have to go some where for 6 months o wait you probably wont. thats ok ill still tell you. You never know what could cause you to take a 6 month hiatias from life as you know it and do some thing crazy like go over to the desert and enjoy the the 130 degree heat and 80 to 100 percent humidity.
Well all enjoy the comforts becuase you may never know when they might have to stay at home while you go on a WALK ABOUT. :)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
So as i sit here still wating for that elusive day that i fly away, witch is getting closer and closer. I relize i dont want to do any thing. I know none of us want to work or do those pesky chores that need to be done every day, at least acording to wifes. I mean who needs clean dishes, thats what paper plates and plastic silver ware is for. Yet as i sit here there is even less desire to do any thing productive. I know that mis D will be home soon, probably 25 min or so but do i get of my lazzy but and do the few dishes in the sink, NO!! Instead i sit here and watch another CSI Las Vegas that I've probably seen many times before. Its like a Switch went off in my head they cant give me a day to fly out so I'll jsut turn my brain off fully. You ladys out there know that on most days husbands may be spacy but we do actually care about whats going on in your life even if we dont respond on a regular basis.
Yet with that being said i realy dont care about any thing other then the stupid day that I leave, when ever that may be. On a avarage day i would care about the dishes. I might even care about the laundry that is not done. Not saying I would fold it or any thing but i would think about it. As it is right now i can stare at if with a smile on my face and a Fat Tire Ale in my hand. Nowing that when Mrs D. gets home well probably argue bicker and whine at each other about said items.
With that all being said i blame a certian Gov ageincy not only for me not knowing what day i leave for the fun in the sun place, I also blame them for the fact that me and my wife are bickering so much. I mean if i had a day that i was leaving all this apprahenshion would be gone, or most of it any way. Knowing your leaving and knowing what day and time are two totally diferent things. Someday soon hopefully I'll get the the day and things might smooth out here on the home front. As it is im taking a few extra days off to lay around.
Yet with that being said i realy dont care about any thing other then the stupid day that I leave, when ever that may be. On a avarage day i would care about the dishes. I might even care about the laundry that is not done. Not saying I would fold it or any thing but i would think about it. As it is right now i can stare at if with a smile on my face and a Fat Tire Ale in my hand. Nowing that when Mrs D. gets home well probably argue bicker and whine at each other about said items.
With that all being said i blame a certian Gov ageincy not only for me not knowing what day i leave for the fun in the sun place, I also blame them for the fact that me and my wife are bickering so much. I mean if i had a day that i was leaving all this apprahenshion would be gone, or most of it any way. Knowing your leaving and knowing what day and time are two totally diferent things. Someday soon hopefully I'll get the the day and things might smooth out here on the home front. As it is im taking a few extra days off to lay around.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Only if they can find a Plane
So for my first blog ever I think I'll talk about being unorganized. O and by the way my spelling is atrocious(had to ask the wife how to spell that). So Im suposed to go over seas i have a date that im suposed to be there but for some reason i cant find out what day my plane leaves. Either they are unable to figure out how to pre plan and schedule things, or just plain lazy. Not sure witch one it is but either way it realy sucks.
I mean here i am trying to plan the last couple of weeks before i go and yet there is this weight over my head because i dont actually no when i leave. If there was a forsure day it would be fine. Like cool im leaving on this day sucks that i have to go but when you know then you can prepare, but no well tell you mabey a week out mabey just a couple days and O crap happens. Well one way or another ill be going not sure when exactly but some day the'll figure it out.
I mean here i am trying to plan the last couple of weeks before i go and yet there is this weight over my head because i dont actually no when i leave. If there was a forsure day it would be fine. Like cool im leaving on this day sucks that i have to go but when you know then you can prepare, but no well tell you mabey a week out mabey just a couple days and O crap happens. Well one way or another ill be going not sure when exactly but some day the'll figure it out.
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