Done in Fairview

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So we flew into Grande Prairie on Monday morning, rented a truck, and drove north and then east to our Eaglesham office. Spent the day there with the foreman and operators, and then drove northeast to the Shaftsbury Ferry (which I talk about below - It's great) across the Peace River, and then west (and a little south) back to Fairview. We stayed in Fairview for 3 nights and worked out of the Fairview office on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday morning we checked out of the Dunvegan motor in and drove south and eventually west all the way over to our Valhalla 8-30 office. Thursday evening we drove south, east, then south again back to Grande Prairie. We stayed here last night and worked out of the Grande Prairie office today. We fly out of Grande Prairie and back home to Calgary at around 4 this afternoon.

I've had some fun, I've learned a TON, but I'm soooo excited to be getting back home soon to see my Brian and my kitty-cats!!!

And... Please ignore the drunk-blogging below.

Green Collar Pink Lips

Okay, so yesterday we worked out of the Fairview office, but I took a quick jaunt down to Dunvegan Gardens, near the bridge - one of my coworkers had to run an errand. Thus, the addition to the map (below).

Today was a long and painful day. Over dinner, with the co-worker I'm up here with, I had a couple beers and then when we got back to the hotel afterwards he said he' buy me a Grand Marnier. So we proceeded to drink many of them. Somewhere in there some Karaoke started up. We looked at eachother and rolled our eyes, and planned to leave pretty quick. But this one guy (who sang a lot) then got up and said something about his song being for my co-worker (who had been semi-heckling the guy), due to his age. And he launched into it...

There's a port... on a western bay
And it serves.. a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors... pass the time away
And talk about their homes

And I realized he was singing Brandy (you're a fine girl) and I starting laughing my ASS off. I leaned over to my co-worker and let him know what song this was and we both laughed until we cried.

And proceeded to stick around until midnight or so. It was just an awesome night. In between karaoke the waitress played great music, including Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women 12 & 23" which EVERYONE sang along to, and one really drunk (kinda scary-looking) welder from Edmonton got up front with the microphone and made up some of his own lyrics and did it again for Iron Man and I can't even BEGIN to say how awesomely funny it all was.

Some sexy french guy got up and sand New Orleans is Sinking, and in my humble opinion it was better than The Hip.

Ugh. Just a great night, really.

Tomorrow we're at the Valhalla office all day, and then we're staying in Grande Prairie for the night.

And I have to be up at 5:45, which is in like... 5 hours. I REALLY have to drink the rest of my water bottle and then sleep.

I love you all. And that's not JUST the Grand Marnier talking...

Fairview Field Trip

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7:20 am this morning, left Calgary by plane. Arrived in Grande Prairie at 8:30am. Rented a truck and drove to Eaglesham, arrived around 10 or 10:30. Did line-by-line reviews of our first two (of eight this week) pipeline systems. Left Eaglesham around 5pm. We drove NE, to cross The Peace River at the Shaftsbury Ferry. It was AWESOME. And so small, all I could think about were the giant Vancouver ferries. There was room for a maximum of 4 vehicles, and it was like a little tug boat attached to a couple of pontoons with a deck built on top. Just... Awesome. I took pictures, and will be posting some on Flickr at some point. From there, back west to Fairview - which is where our hotel is for our first few nights. We're staying in the Dunvegan Motor Inn, which is so ancient and so shifty it's hilarious. It scared me a bit the first time I stayed here, but you get used to it, and it's history gets almost charming. Ha.

Tomorrow I think we're working out of the Fairview office right here in town, so we don't have much driving to do. In fact, we might be here in town until Thursday, when we head back to Grande Prairie...

Okay, my alarm goes off in 6 hours and that is SO not enough sleep for me so... I'm going to sleep now.

Good night from Fairview.
:)

New Layout?

Been playing around with the layout of my blog, as you can see. Lemme know if you like it - I may still play around with it. I'd eventually like to make my own from scratch, but I don't know my stuff.

Leaving town for a week (for work) tomorrow morning. My plane leaves Calgary @ 7:20am on Monday, and I get back at ~5:45 pm on Friday. Life's busy, and gearing up to a fever-pitch.

We've got so much going on in the next month or two... It's insane. I'll try to keep updating this page, because a lot of stuff will be going on... But some of it will be under the category of twobsinablog.blogspot.com - Anytime Brian and I leave town together gets detailed there.

At the moment, I need to finish packing and head for bed... Got some long days coming up!

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day

Just finished watching this movie. Recorded it on the PVR back in April, and haven't gotten around to watching it. Wasn't sure how exciting it would be, and Brian didn't seem all that interested in it either.

But with Brian out of town, I thought I'll give it a shot.

And it was awesome. Don't know if it just matched the mood I was in, or what, but it was absolutely amazing. Simple story, but with depth to it. Character, setting - it moved me. When it ended I wanted to follow the story for another couple movies. Cute, fun, warm.

2.5 actors I admire a great deal help to. The .5 is one I know little about, but what I do I respect.

Great work, this. Great movie.

Just had to share.

Quick Stop and Update?

I've been so bad at updating this lately, I apologize. Stuff's been crazy (as per usual - can I continue to consider it crazy if it's the norm? Hmmm.)

It looks like the last time I checked in was over a month ago - just before we left for Vancouver. We had an awesome trip, of course. I love the west coast so much. It's tough not to love life when I'm there. When Brian and I go away together we update our travel-blog, so I rarely post the details here as well. Who wants to type everything out twice? So if you are interested in our travels, check twobsinablog.blogspot.com

We've both been working a lot, which is something I know we can't complain about these days, so I won't. I've taken on a new role at work, which is exciting and scary. I'm not sure there's as much training as I'd like. I think I just have to learn it by doing it. And I'm fine at that - I've done it before with other jobs. I just worry, because there's more responsibility with this job than others, so consequences of not excelling at this are bigger than they've been in the past. Make sense? But yes, I know I'll do well because... I just will. So there.

Three friends of mine have had little baby boys recently: Rowan was born in late April, and Graham and Wesley were born in late May. I'm so so happy to report that after some initial worries (yes, for each of the three!) they are all home, healthy and happy! Rowan and Wesley are their mothers' first babies, and baby Graham has a big brother and sister (Kaden and Isabelle). It's so exciting to see these great little families starting and growing!

Unfortunately, on the other end of things, my Grandmother is still not doing well. She's been in the hospital for a couple of months now (as a result of a stroke), and she's still not very responsive. It's looking a bit doubtful that she will actually 'come back' very far. It's really sad for us all. We feel we should be with her, and visiting her often, but she sleeps 90% of the time, and if she's awake, she still doesn't really seem to know we're there. It's so heartbreaking, really. We're waiting for a permanent bed to open up for her somewhere. She's on a waiting list, and apparently it could take anywhere from weeks to years.

Back in our own tiny little lives, Tuesday was Brian's and My 2.5 year anniversary. Yes, I make us celebrate halves. Two nice dinners out a year isn't a huge demand, I don't think. And at least I'm not counting the months anymore. Though on the 9th of each month we'll still say "happy monthiversary" to eachother. Yes, we're dorks. But whatever works, right? Ha.

Brian's currently in Edmonton for work, and in a couple weeks I'll be in Dunvegan and Grande Prairie for my work. And then in July... July. July is insane.

The first weekend of July we're road tripping in BC - Ainsworth Hot Springs and such.
The following weekend is ghost town hunting in Saskatchewan.
The weekend after that, we are going to Vancouver for a No Doubt concert.
The next weekend after that is a secret, and I can't say anything because there are some certain people who may read my blog and I don't want to ruin any surprises...

And then August. The first weekend is the long one, and we're thinking of camping and white water rafting, although we also want to gather a group of people to come with us and we haven't even started planning out the logistics of that one.

And this year we're heading back to Burningman (end of August / beginning of September). Probably our last time until we're 65...

We're possibly about to buy a truck & camper, which is also exciting. That'll aid in many of our little bitty adventures (and burningman). :)

What else, what else?

Oh! Y'know the Bellydancing classes I've been trying to get into for YEARS? Well another one is starting up next week that I'll be attending. As long as 7 other people show up too, so the class can actually run this time... Cross your fingers for me, people!

Okay. Now, it's almost midnight and I need my beauty sleep. :) Thanks for reading along, folks!