Money and Finance
Unfortunately I had to head back to work last Friday so I didn't get the weekend at home, but around 2.5 weeks was still nice to have so I can't really complain. It was a long drive to get back out to work and it was even worse because it was storming on the drive. Such is the life of working in the oil field. I've made up for that time though since then since we pretty much haven't done anything for 5 days or so, but I've still been getting paid. The only bad thing was that I was stuck on the rig instead of getting to be at home with my wife. It's times like these that really push me to remain focused on reaching FI at a really young age.
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- Weekly Roundup - September 6, 2014
This past week was trying to say the least. Nothing much to report on the financial/investing front but lots of things changed with Lucas, our son set to join us in late December. We haven't updated the BabyLukeBlog.wordpress.com site yet for...
- Weekly Roundup - January 12, 2014
The first full week of 2014 has now flown by and it sure was a busy one for me. We finished drilling another well and I was able to head home early Thursday morning. I finally got home around 4 am and promptly crashed in bed with my wife for an hour...
- Weekly Roundup - July 27, 2013
This past week was great. Everything went smooth with work at least as far as my end. We almost set a record for drilling a well but missed it because the motor ended up breaking so we had to come out of the hole to change that out. Overall it was...
- Weekly Roundup - June 22, 2013
Well I made it back home safe and sound last Saturday around noon. I got a much later start on the drive back and didn't get on the road until about 1030 PM New Mexico time. Considering I was hoping for about 2-4 PM that was a big difference....
- Weekly Roundup - June 9, 2013
Well it was time to head back to work again. This time in sunny southeastern New Mexico. It was a fun 11.5 hour drive from my house in Houston to near Carlsbad but luckily I didn't have to drive it straight through. They paid for a travel day...
Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - May 18, 2013
Unfortunately I had to head back to work last Friday so I didn't get the weekend at home, but around 2.5 weeks was still nice to have so I can't really complain. It was a long drive to get back out to work and it was even worse because it was storming on the drive. Such is the life of working in the oil field. I've made up for that time though since then since we pretty much haven't done anything for 5 days or so, but I've still been getting paid. The only bad thing was that I was stuck on the rig instead of getting to be at home with my wife. It's times like these that really push me to remain focused on reaching FI at a really young age.
Read more »
- Weekly Roundup - September 6, 2014
This past week was trying to say the least. Nothing much to report on the financial/investing front but lots of things changed with Lucas, our son set to join us in late December. We haven't updated the BabyLukeBlog.wordpress.com site yet for...
- Weekly Roundup - January 12, 2014
The first full week of 2014 has now flown by and it sure was a busy one for me. We finished drilling another well and I was able to head home early Thursday morning. I finally got home around 4 am and promptly crashed in bed with my wife for an hour...
- Weekly Roundup - July 27, 2013
This past week was great. Everything went smooth with work at least as far as my end. We almost set a record for drilling a well but missed it because the motor ended up breaking so we had to come out of the hole to change that out. Overall it was...
- Weekly Roundup - June 22, 2013
Well I made it back home safe and sound last Saturday around noon. I got a much later start on the drive back and didn't get on the road until about 1030 PM New Mexico time. Considering I was hoping for about 2-4 PM that was a big difference....
- Weekly Roundup - June 9, 2013
Well it was time to head back to work again. This time in sunny southeastern New Mexico. It was a fun 11.5 hour drive from my house in Houston to near Carlsbad but luckily I didn't have to drive it straight through. They paid for a travel day...