homer simpson

Week 1 - DONE.  I always say the same thing about how time just flies and blah blah blah, and this week is no exception...  

We have been so crazy busy starting commissioning on the project, and it's been one of those weeks where I just feel like I'm in way over my head.  There have been so many times since I started my career that I have wished that I was an electrical engineer, and this is another one of those moments.  When I talk about commissioning, I mean that we have finished construction, energized all of the equipment, and are starting to manipulate the electrically powered pieces of equipment to see if they are actually working.  This involves sitting at the operations control panel and talking to folks in the field to make sure that all the programming in the system is matching what is wired up in the field.  Most of the time I can participate in technical discussions and intelligently(ish) answer questions, but the rest of the time I just feel like Homer Simpson...  

 

On the other hand "they" say that most technical management positions are filled by people who have a background civil engineering.  But that's probably just because we aren't really that good at anything besides being organized, doing paperwork and delegating...

In other news, my sweet friend Jenna found out that her and her husband, Wesley, are expecting a baby GIRL this January!  Now, for those of you that know Jenna, she's pretty much perfect and (of course) has had the easiest pregnancy to this point.  Every time I talk to her I expect her to say something along the lines of "I can't stop puking" or "omg, this is awful" but all she ever has to say is "I feel totally fine!"  I haven't seen her, but I'm sure that she just looks amazing....typical Jenna ;)  Words cannot express how excited I am for them, and beyond that I am even more excited to see Wesley as a daddy to a little girl.  Now we just wait and pray for her easy pregnancy to continue to give them a healthy baby! 

Originally, I thought I would probably be onshore for just a few weeks, but the way things are going with commissioning (see Homer above), I'm thinking I may have to be here for my entire hitch.  The good news is that my new back-to-back finally got his visa and arrived in camp yesterday.  So since we are both here, he's going to start getting things organized while I finish up here.  I'm taking full advantage of my last (really this time) few weeks onshore; including Sunday afternoon naps :)

9 days down, 30 to go!  xoxo...