In the field again.

I left at 6am on Saturday with 3 people that I work with to go on a frac job for a new fluid....it was near Victoria,TX. After driving all day we went out to the location to do some pre-job testing...we didn't get to the hotel until midnight. This morning we met at 4:30 to go back to location after our "nap." We finished pumping the job around 2 and got away from location around 3ish and drove up to Austin and called it a day.



The worst parts of going to field:

1. Port-a-potties....needless to saw I will not use them. So today from5:30 until 3ish felted like it was never going to end...starting about 6:30am.

2. When you get 3 hours of sleep and the company man (customer) thinks it's humorous to call me Sunshine....not amused

3. Rain....being wet and muddy all day is not funny

4. Only getting 3 hours of sleep



Other than that it's a nice change of scenary from the lab

Kids

It's been a while since I've updated this. Nothing exciting has been happening in Duncan. A few weeks ago we had more layoffs. It was about 250 people total but no one in the Technology Center got laid off this time. I looks like I might be going back to the field at the end of this week. If the job stays on schedule I'll be going back to Bay City, TX on Friday. All our kids are four-legged furry guys....so that's what you get to hear about :-) I've been busy with Jack, he's been sick on and off for the last month...but hopefully he is better now. He is acting more like himself....but he has gotten used to being spoiled. Riley wishes she was an only cat still....she hasn't been the same ever since the first trip to the vet. Rusty is exited that the squirrels are back...so he has something to "hunt"

Cone-Head Jack made into a blanket burrito

Little ball of love
Rusty...trying to take up the entire couch

Riley lovin Brice

finally an update

Jackers is finally turning the corner and starting to feel better...and eat. He went for almost two and a half weeks without eating much of anything...besides the kitten formula that he was being syringe fed. Currently the only thing he will eat is kitten food or certain flavors of mush...picky boy. Jack is so skinny now, you can see his vertebra, hips, and femur Riley is STILL being mean to him.

Riley was being curious

Rusty was yawning, but it looks like he is screaming
Rusty and Jack sharing
When Jack first started eating he was only eating dog food

Jack looks like he just fell over dead

Back on Location

Well, I'm back out in the field for work....this time to Kilgore, TX and somewhere in the middle of no where in Louisiana. I'm going to a few different locations while I'm down here to do some testing, the plan is to leave Tuesday and and head back to Duncan if everything goes as planned.

Jack is finally starting to feel better and act like he has more energy. He had to go back to the vet and spend a few more days after he got blocked up again. He is now taking 3 pills a day and also taking a liquid vitamin because he is anemic...he has turned out to be an expensive kitty. He hasn't been eating much to speak of so I have been syringe feeding him kitten formula, he will eat a little bit of the soft food, but still doesn't really have any appetite at all. Hopefully he'll start eating in the next couple of days. Brice in on medicine duty while I'm gone....which he is trilled about ;) Riley is still acting like a brat, and being me to Jack.

Poor Jack

Yesterday I noticed Jack in his liter box and he was trying to pee but nothing was happening, he was still doing it at lunch. I called the vet and took him in as soon as I got off work. The vet said that he had a blockage caused by a stone or a plug. He stayed at the vet overnight last night an had a catheter put in which and some medicine to help with bladder spasms. He is staying at the vet again tonight, they want to leave the catheter in at least 24 hours and then usually watch him for 24 hours after they remove it to make sure he is still peeing on his own. It's a good thing that I noticed it when I did, because if a cat goes for more than 24 hours like this then they can die. Poor Jack

Not much happening

We survived the lay off they had at the Technology Center Jan 30, Thankfully. I'm busier than ever right now. We had future leaders come through last Tuesday and we gave them a tour and short presentations. Below are a few picture the photographers took during the presentations. Nothing exciting has been happening in Duncan lately. I have trips back to Bay City, TX and Kilgore, TX in the next few weeks for more frac jobs.

Handing out puzzle pieces at the end

Talking about water fracs and shale with Jeremy and Johanna

Brice looks enthusiastic


Coiled Tubing group

Long Weekend

Thursday my manager asked if I had any plans this weekend, which ment that I was going to be working. Friday I traveled down to Bay City, TX (SW of Houston) with two other co-workers to run a new frac fluid for the first time in the field. Saturday I spent about 14 hours at the well site. The frac crew rigged up and I tested all the chemicals, and figured out some concentration changes. On Sunday I got to the location about 6am, we double checked the concentrations before we started loading the well. We stayed on location to make changes as needed while pumping the job. We made up to College Station, TX and will drive the rest of the way tomorrow.