101 days since I have left the property and been on a supply run.
315 days since arrival at this location; also corresponds with my last day off.
Vela Von at 11 months –
I had best intentions to go get groceries last week; honest. My fill-in girl was otherwise engaged working out of a 12hr shack at two different locations. She is like me – you work as hard as you can when there is work to be had. According to her, the coming week may be
K.I.S.S. == Our little corner of the World. It gives me comfort
Gate Guard Life: The 20′ flame on the flare stack just down the road is standing straight up this morning. No wind; I hate that. The caliche dust from the traffic on the road hangs like a low fog with no currents of wind to disburse it. It sticks in my throat and films the top of my coffee. I can feel the grit on my skin. The scenery seldom changes where I sit.
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I wish I could figure out just what in the hell is going on
I have been mulling this whole Hurricane Sandy thing over in my mind for the past month. I posted about it on the blog and the post was one of the lower rated ones I have written. It elicited many reader comments to the fact that those big city folks were doing everything they could do given their situation.
As Miss Kathy and I watched Sandy swirling up the Eastern Seaboard headed directly for a densely populated metro area, we both agreed this was going to be an unequaled opportunity to observe a disaster of major proportions. We were interested in
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