Saturday, January 31, 2009

It get so frustrating!!!


Normally I am pretty chill about things but once in a while I have to rant and blow steam like everyone else. I like my job, love what I do, enjoy the crew I am working with, but I hate not having my camera. What is frustrating is that my phone takes a normal size picture one minute and then a thumbnail size the next. I had some awesome views of various things over the last week, and NO CAMERA!!!! Teach me to forget it in Fargo next time. :( Oh and another rant is well, not that I can do anything about it but I am really starting to get annoyed with the wind situation down here. My hours have been sad, to say the least. In Langdon and Brookings I was averaging 75 hours a week. Here I am happy if I hit 55 grrr. Although the irony of the situation isn't lost on me. You know having to get shut down because it gets to windy...... working on a wind farm. So anyway I am done ranting. Well I could go on about other things, but I am all better now. So anyways the picture is when we were stabbing the second blade. You might be able to tell, but shortly after that picture was taken, it got so foggy we could barely see the crane boom. It made lowering the rigging a challenge after it was disconnected, because we could barely see it to call it down and the guys on the ground couldn't see it at all until it was about 50 feet off the ground. All in all it was an interesting experience.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Stackin the Cans!!



Today was a good day at work. We actually got to do something worthwhile. Since I have been here in TX all our crew has been doing is prepping the components for flying. Upper management decided to go to two shifts today, fortunately our crew staying on days. As a result of this decision we got to stack the upper mid, the top and the bottom section of nacelle. Sadly enough I left my camera back in Fargo, so I didn't get any pictures of it, but I have a couple from another job that will suffice.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

I am NOT a Bleeder!

The last time I was in Fargo for Army training, I had to recertify as a Combat Life Saver. Part of this training is that we learn (or relearn) how it administer IVs. As you can see, if you forget to apply pressure to the vein after inserting the needle, it can get a little messy. Honstly it looks worse then it really was. Actually I was laughing at her through most of it. I was just glad she didn't go through the vein. That does hurt and usually leaves bruises all over the arm.




Back Home

Well most might not know this but I am working in Texas right now putting up wind turbines. I was able to make it home the first weekend in January for the Army, which I am grateful as it gives me the opportunity to spend time with my children. Granted not a lot, but every little bit is nice. I am glad Allison took some pictures of it. Seeing them is a very pleasant change from an otherwise hectic life.