If Not Now, When?

Spending Friday night listening to the latest Incubus album while folding laundry and writing an entry about it afterwards.

My favorites are
Track 1 If Not Now, When?
Track 3 Friends and Lovers
Track 8 In The Company of Wolves
Have a listen!

I can't download music onto my company laptop so I've been very dependent on youtube. I like finding videos that play all the songs in an album at once so I don't have to look for different songs which is really useful.

Anyway...the days this month have been going by extremely fast! Besides my birthday being next Friday (yay for turning 23!), there are a lot more things to look forward to. There have been a lot of exciting things happening. PEPTEC-1 started this past Monday, which is the "real" part of technical school. PEPTEC-0 was just the introductory 2 weeks that transitioned us into PEPTEC-1. This whole week was an intense 5 days of constant studying and daily tests!

One thing I've learned while being here is to stay strong and not be discouraged easily because more opportunities will come. For example, some tests were easy but others were extremely hard and dwelling on the past mistakes and bad marks got me nowhere. I've learned to only look forward because you have no time to look back! You'll be missing all the good things that are happening in the present if you keep overthinking and regretting. I feel like I'm learning a lot not just about my job but also a lot about myself here. I am constantly challenged and I like it because I discover new things about myself. Bring it on!

For dinner today I went to Billy Sim's BBQ. I'm learning to love BBQ! Ribs and a brisket sandwich slathered in bbq sauce was what I got and they were really delicious. Before I came to Texas/Oklahoma, the word BBQ only triggered a typical occasion where there is a grill with hamburgers and hot dogs. I was so far off! BBQ is so good. Ribs and toast and brisket and pickles...eating lots of new things here and acquiring a new favorite taste :)

I'm up at 1:30am because I am trying to practice for my wellsite rotations tomorrow. It's a type of project where I have 4 hour rotations each being winchman, operator, and engineer of a wellsite job. Then an additional 4 hours after working 12 hours to compile data and analyze it. We actually get to log the wireline tools and retreive data downhole. It will be a 16 hour shift, from 10pm Saturday night until 2pm Sunday. Eeek! What a real job would be like. I haven't pulled an all nighter in forever it will be pretty tough but I'm sure I'll learn a lot!

Also today was probably the hottest day I've ever had to work outside. Wearing proper PPE is definitely important but our coveralls get so hot.... Hardhat, safety glasses, boots, coveralls with everything having to be zippered up and buttoned makes the suit an instant self-sauna. It was close to 110 degrees and please don't forget to factor in humidity. But I am proud to wear Schlumberger blue!!! I've seen 2 people already pass out from heat...scary! It's very important to stay hydrated. It made me wonder what Louisiana will be like once I start working there haha. Hopefully my body will be able to adapt quickly to the heat.