Last night, 12 hours into a true 14-hour day, I looked out my right window and the sunset over southern Missouri was beautiful.

-p.

 

life on the road is what YOU make it. you can have alot of fun, or you can be a misserable prick...just ask lBJ. just ask yourself this. Where can you go to work and be by yourself and not have someone look over your shoulder all day? where can you be cool in the summer and warm in the winter and still make a good living? i say enjoy life. i once had an old guy tell me,"if you love going to work and you love going home, then you got life by the balls." if you gotta work enjoy it, that is what i say.

 

Just think, you can get out of bed and go to work without having to commute or get out in the bad weather, other than doing your pre trip. You don't have to deal with the early morning or late afternoon rush hour traffic. That doesn't mean that you don't have traffic, but you can often plan around some of those heavy traffic areas. If you get tired you can park your truck, take 2 steps and be in bed.

 

Life on the road is filled with wonder....

such as...

Somedays after listening to the stuff that comes from dispatch across the qualcomm i would swear they are up there in Mondovi throwing a full blown kegger !!!! :shock:

 

I did my field camp (geology) in northern NM (I was born/raised in southeastern NM and THAT part of NM is U-G-L-Y) and I fell in love with it. I'll might trade you for a bit! Ever been to Lubbock, TX? I probably shouldn't have said that! Now you'll never swap!!

 

I came through Lubbock last week on my way to Hobbs, NM.

 

Hobbs is where I was born and raised. Do you come through here often?

 

Not too often. I always enjoy the drive. There isn't so much traffic out that way. Hobbs is a nice town. It is usually difficult to find something that pays decent out of the area. I usually need to deadhead out to another area. They had the streets all torn up when I came through. I found a little Mexican restaurant across from the place where I delivered. The food was pretty good. Do you live in Lubbock now?

 

Yes, I'm living in Lubbock. Hobbs is much nicer than it used to be. When I left there for college, it was a dead town. They built a casino and horse track there and that helped a bit. Then there is the Uranium Enrichment Facility outside of Eunice and that brought in quite a few white collar jobs. Now the oilfield is picking back up but I can't get on as a driver (not enough exp) or as a geologist (no exp - they told me I was too "old" - the new kids out of college already know the new computer programs and I would have to be trained on them). I have been drilling in the environmental sector off and on since 1993. I like being out (out doors or on the road) much better than being sitting at a desk anyway.

 

I grew up in lubbock and I was through there last year. I love West Texas.

-p.