Losing track of time

I don’t know when to sleep. I don’t sleep at night. I don’t sleep during the day. I sleep when I can and it’s never at the same time each day. What day is it? I can only tell by the calendar. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have a clue. It feels [...]

Remain calm and don’t make any sudden movements

The new crew has arrived and I could be in for a massive share of the workload. The new guy has been in less time than I have but has more inspection experience so he will be the senior inspector. I, on the other hand, outrank him and have much more experience in running [...]

This isn’t the Hilton

This place isn’t the Hilton, Sheraton, or Best Western. Think of it as a scattered Motel 6… that sublets your room to other people.

I wish were sleeping in tents. Really, I wish we had tents instead of containerized housing units. First and foremost, I could have some privacy as its fairly easy [...]

No problems yet

Jessica’s Christmas present, a little Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Havoc, is sitting at my feet chewing on a dog bone. All of the dogs have been outside to go to the bathroom and the little one has been outside and gone twice (luckily I was watching her like a hawk and caught her before [...]

It’s a Rodeo – an AIR Rodeo

I’ve got a few hours before I head back to work. Yes, its 130 on a Friday afternoon and I’m going to head back to work when everyone is headed home. For the next 7-14 days I am going to be running in my sleep – if I get a chance to catch some [...]

Stress, workouts, and the little things

Switching to night shift is always difficult and the events of this week haven’t made it any easier. I’ve found that it takes a good 4-5 days for me to get my internal clock adjusted to working an off shift. I need copious amounts of caffeine to make this work because I can’t stay [...]

Another month in the dark

I was up until 6AM watching bad television and bits and pieces of movies. I tried to keep myself entertained throughout the night and I also tried to keep myself jacked up on caffeine so I could keep on keeping on. Why subject yourself to late night torture? I’m heading back to working graves [...]

Can’t sleep, too much time and talent, and zombies

Par for the course during the first week of mid-shift is an inability to sleep throughout the “night.” I only got four hours of sleep and I’m wide awake now. There is no going back to sleep and I will be exhausted by the time I go to bed tomorrow. Luckily, day two always [...]

I’m laughing out loud

Corporate responsibility is a joke – obviously. A man was recently inundated with fax spams multiple times per day on his personal line. He tracked down the phone number for the company and requested they remove him from the list. They didn’t want to remove him from the fax list because they were far [...]

We only call it camping because we sleep in a tent

Jessica and I joined Jeff and Leanne at a campground near Ocean Shores, WA for a few days of camping and relaxation. The weather didn’t completely cooperate with us as we spent much of the time huddling around the campfire shivering but at least we didn’t have to deal with any rain. The camping [...]