Hiatus OVER!

My computer died.

I was home from the rig for one day, and my computer got sick and died (death by virus), so I dropped it off at the IT department at my office, and sure enough, got called to go back to the rig just a few hours later.

So I was on the rig for about a week without my own computer, and forced to use my night hand's (who was gracious enough to let me). But he is the gossipy sort, and I would not put it past him to spin whatever I write here against me later, so I refrained from visiting this site.

After that I was sent home on standby, which stretched into a week-long, extremely unproductive time, and returned to the rig just this past Thursday. But things have been going CRAZY since I arrived, and I have been seeing all sorts of problems I've never seen before, which have tested my self-confidence to the fullest.

Now at last things have settled down to a more normal pace of drilling, so I can finally catch my breath and update you on my progress over these past weeks.

Thank you for your patience, and enjoy!