I must apologize to you Constant Reader, in my haste to leave my duties Far From Home, I have become remiss in my duties of keeping this blog up to date. Frankly I have been enjoying myself getting re-acquainted with my friends and family. Not to mention returning to my normal duties here in "the South".
My final week off of my final rotation was absolutely perfect. The weather here was stiflingly hot with high humidex factors. One day that week the temperature with humidex factored in was 50C. So I have in fact experienced what I feel to be an extreme. In February of this year I experienced -50c. July 21, 2011 was when I experienced the 50C day.
The week was a typical week in all aspects. I fired up the BBQ on many occasions, taxied the kids to their various appointments and commitments. A few around the home chores. Mow the lawn, spread mulch in the back garden. Things that did not get done earlier in the spring due to not enough time on the week off or foul weather.
Son and I committed ourselves to watching 3 seasons of a particularly interesting and entertaining show. That task completed I now must catch up on shows I watch with Daughter.
Another benefit of returning south was the remaining stash of my last purchase. Most of the goings on that I performed, occurred with a slight buzz on. This, of course, only added to the total relaxation and lifting of weight from my shoulders knowing that the following Sunday did not include me travelling by air to Far From Home.
As mentioned earlier, I have been remiss in my duties to this blog. This was mostly due to my insistance to myself to change or put off kilter whatever routine I had while Far From Home and re-create an at home routine. I have slowly been adapting a routine and have added posting to All In A Circle to that routine. I will set aside time, if not nightly, at least weekly, of scratching out my musings.
All of course with a slight buzz on. ;p
Interesting side note; as I pen this, I had to take a break to re-position my lawn sprinkler and take a quick hit from my down south Fishermans Friend. Man it's good to be home.
Take A Hit
Thursday, July 28, 2011
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
I Just Want It All To Be Over
I guess it's about time to post something.
To tell you the truth I haven't really had that much to feel inspired about. I am in the final three weeks of my 6 month rotation. My every waking thought these last few days has been of finishing here and going home. One thought above all has been forefront amongst the multitude of images from home. Arriving home on that Saturday night, to the happy faces of my family, and knowing that on the following Sunday I do not have to fly away again. That one thought, that dream, is what I am focusing on to sustain me during the upcoming weeks.
Work here continues and I have been given a task that I would rather not I not have to concentrate on. Concentration on that task, makes it hard for me to think about going home. Makes it feel like working on that task, is postponing me from going home. It's frustrating too because that is exactly what the customer has asked our team to do on a number of occasions and most recently of me. They were once again told that our team will not nor ever work past a scheduled fly home date.
During a status meeting held recently, it was decided seemingly at the spur of that moment to replace one of the larger systems in a remote community, solely for appearances sake. The time line I was provided was to be on site by next Friday. I have come into some information regarding the readiness of the certain aspects of this particular deployment not being provisioned and that those responsible for that provisioning are away for the next week, putting the task I have been given, at least in my estimation, in jeopardy. This information, from what I have been told, is in the hands of those that are doing the planning and scheduling of this project. I was given my task on Tuesday and I am ready. To this point, the group responsible for the provisioning of the as yet un-provisioned hardware, has not been consulted as to their readiness.
I know this information because I believe I have to know and I know who to ask. I'm not sure if the customer is aware I know this information or if they are even aware of it themselves. According to who I was talking to they should know, the document that he was referencing was a document he provided to them on the same date I was given my task.
Until then:
13 days
+1 lighter
+1 Fishermans Friend
+approx. 14 grams of high octane coma inducing weed
=Wasted
Then my dream will be realized. My sanity may be compromised and I may have de-evolved into a less socialized being but I will have survived. Wiser. Never again to agree to work a rotation longer than 3 months.
To tell you the truth I haven't really had that much to feel inspired about. I am in the final three weeks of my 6 month rotation. My every waking thought these last few days has been of finishing here and going home. One thought above all has been forefront amongst the multitude of images from home. Arriving home on that Saturday night, to the happy faces of my family, and knowing that on the following Sunday I do not have to fly away again. That one thought, that dream, is what I am focusing on to sustain me during the upcoming weeks.
Work here continues and I have been given a task that I would rather not I not have to concentrate on. Concentration on that task, makes it hard for me to think about going home. Makes it feel like working on that task, is postponing me from going home. It's frustrating too because that is exactly what the customer has asked our team to do on a number of occasions and most recently of me. They were once again told that our team will not nor ever work past a scheduled fly home date.
During a status meeting held recently, it was decided seemingly at the spur of that moment to replace one of the larger systems in a remote community, solely for appearances sake. The time line I was provided was to be on site by next Friday. I have come into some information regarding the readiness of the certain aspects of this particular deployment not being provisioned and that those responsible for that provisioning are away for the next week, putting the task I have been given, at least in my estimation, in jeopardy. This information, from what I have been told, is in the hands of those that are doing the planning and scheduling of this project. I was given my task on Tuesday and I am ready. To this point, the group responsible for the provisioning of the as yet un-provisioned hardware, has not been consulted as to their readiness.
I know this information because I believe I have to know and I know who to ask. I'm not sure if the customer is aware I know this information or if they are even aware of it themselves. According to who I was talking to they should know, the document that he was referencing was a document he provided to them on the same date I was given my task.
Until then:
13 days
+1 lighter
+1 Fishermans Friend
+approx. 14 grams of high octane coma inducing weed
=Wasted
Then my dream will be realized. My sanity may be compromised and I may have de-evolved into a less socialized being but I will have survived. Wiser. Never again to agree to work a rotation longer than 3 months.
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