well it didnt upload one of my pictures

So here's the picture of the hard work that I do for 12 hours a day.

recent happenings and some pictures

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Oh well with the new update on the phone it allows me to upload pictures now so I'm going to post some. These are from when I was in coushatta and went to natchitoches. Well it put them in above this post and its a pain to try and cut and paste. So one of the pictures is of a tree that I really liked in natchitoches and another is of a building along I thinking its front street there which is right along the river in the middle of town. The picture of the water is from the restaurant the me and Lynsy ate at when she came up there. The picture with my feet on the desk is how I spend most of my 12 shift kicked back and reading a book. About every 2 hrs I have about 15 minutes of work to do. I'm going to try and get some video uploaded later. But I'm not supposed to take pictures at the rig. But I can be sneaky about it.
That's about all I have for now. I'll get some more pictures and maybe a video uploaded later if things are interesting. I miss everyone and wish I could be there for the birthdays. I'm curious who I'll get for Xmas too. Love y'all.

Jasper

We just landed the curve about an hour ago so we can start rotating again which is good because that's much faster than sliding. Our new projected finish is 2.5 to 3 weeks which is much earlier than what they were saying when I first got out here. So that is a big plus. It'll be good to be home for a few days. I'm not sure when August birthdays will be but hopefully I can make it and even better would be without having to leave the rig if it falls on my days off. I still can't figure out how to be able to upload images from my phone so there's no new pictures for the blog. I'll show everyone whenever I see you and clue you in to what exactly it is that I do. I've learned a whole bunch both related to my job and drilling in general. It feels good to be working and learning again. Jasper is a pretty boring town and I've gone to Walmart a few times just to get away from the rig. Other than that I haven't found much to do here. But I really like the guys at this rig and wouldn't mind following it around but that would mean being gone for 3 months at a time and then getting a month off bit we're so busy I don't think the coordinators would let me have that month off. So I'm not even gonna try it. I hope everyone is doing well.

New rig near Jasper

Apparently it's going to let me blog now. Before I couldn't get to the blog post section but I can now. So I was in Coushatta, Louisiana for about 10 days and then got the call yesterday that I'll be moving to a rig near Jasper, Texas and so that's where I am now. I will start holding the night tower which will be from 6 pm to 6 am or somewhere around those hours. If I stay at this rig til the well is complete I'll end up being here til probably the middle or end of September. That's bad because I would have been gone for almost 2 months. But it's also good because it will help me reach promotion sooner. Just got word that its time for work. I'll update later on my tower. I miss everyone and that will be the hardest part.

Training

Here's some pictures from my training last week. For the most part I will be sitting in a metal box looking at the computer screen as shown in the first picture. Every now and then I will be going up on the rig floor. The second picture is of the rig we went to look at during training that is over in the Atascocita area. That would have been a great rig to work on since it's so close.





I got the call this morning at about 7:45 for work. I'll be headed to a rig near Coushatta, Louisiana and have no idea how long I'll be there. Hopefully only about 2 weeks. But of course the longer I'm there the more money I make and I do hit an ovetime bonus after 18 days. So I won't be able to make the family pictures this weekend unless this is a ridiculously short drill. I think I should have decent cell service since I'm only a few miles outside of Coushatta which I would think would have good service because of the casinos. I'm going to try and update as often as I can and will get some more pictures once I get out there to try and give y'all a better idea of how things are laid out. As of now my free/down time will be filled with learning the job and reading a bunch of books.

New adventures

I've started this blog to be able to keep people informed of my new adventures with my job as an MWD hand with Halliburton. Training has been the last two weeks and we've mainly covered safety and a little bit about assembling the tools and what the job will be. Right now I'm waiting for the call to be sent out to most likely the Shreveport area. I will get some photos uploaded as soon as I can to let everyone see how my setup is. I'm very excited to start working. The worst part is going to be being gone and missing out on family events but I've got to do what I've got to do. As of now this is a means to an end and will set up my life a lot better. For now I'm waiting and seeing family while waiting.