…he just says the right things at the right time. Joe actually caught me off guard yesterday. When I hung the cell up, I was in Walmart. It was really hard to fight the act of wanting to be emotional in a public place. He hardly ever admits that he misses me. It’s usually me saying that thing and then him going “yeah, I miss you too.”
I keep reminding myself a year and a half. That’s all there is left. And I’ve decided that its worth it. Worth it to wait.
What I find amusing is how quickly one can fall back into love after being apart for so long.
Anyways, a couple of cool things…
My sister sent this to me and I’m passing it on: Zafu will help find that elusively perfect fitting pair of jeans. It turns out, all the ones that would fit me good, are extremely expensive.
Another cool thing that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying is iLike. It displays what you’ve been listening too, what you listen to most, and how closely you match to other people in tastes. If you join, don’t forget to add me as a friend to share and learn about other artists out there. You can stream music from other friends and download free mp3s from unknown artist.
And now… I probably should go be productive…
So, I’m back in Elko. The second hole that needed to be drilled, never happened. The hydraulic pump blew. Then again, when it’s -18 out in the early morning, what can you expect?
The drillers are on their way back to their shop in Idaho to find a replacement. There’s one there, but they aren’t sure if it’s the right model. As it is, I’ll be back out at Mount Hope come tuesday. Hopefully…
My curse strikes again… It never fails with me and drillers. Something always goes wrong. I’m so going to get teased at work for this.
So, there was a bunch of other news to share that I totally blanked on. Remember that condo I was trying to get? Well, it’s as good as mine. I’ve been approved and the current owner accepted my offer. The close date is at the end of this month. I can’t wait. I am so excited.
The drawback? I have to pack. I hate packing. Then again, I’m looking at it this way, it’ll probably be the last time I’ll have to move for the next few years, especially since I’ll own the place.
Can you hear purring too?
I’m also going to see Joe before he leaves for Afghanistan in february. This month feels overwhelmingly busy.
I don’t think things are going to be slowing down anytime soon either…
On a side note, avoid browsing the site as much as possible. I’m reorganizing yet again… and well.. not all the links are in fine working condition. But I wanted to put the new template up pretty badly… I like it alot better than the last one… ::whistles::
I’m in Eureka now, going on my 12th day of working. Drilling is taking longer than expected.
Midas went okay; except when we had to modify our sampling plan. It kept sliding out of the shelby tubes. CPT wasn’t like that exciting. CPT is cone penetration testing. Basically, it’s a rod with a cone on the end that has sensors. This gets pushed into the ground and has it goes down, a computer records pressure data and classifies the soil. We also performed dispersion and seismic tests. There’s not a whole lot for me to do, besides watch and provide guides on depth and where to perform the test.
We’re back out at Eureka to try and find a better place for one of the facilities. The soil out here is crap. Let’s just put it that way. It’s taken us two days to do one bore hole to 81.5′. We have another hole to do and I have this feeling we aren’t going to finish tomorrow.
One of the main factors is that there’s this wicked cold spell going on. The drill rig is hating it. It doesn’t want to work or function properly. The hydraulics keep freezing up.
And to top it all off, my cell is not getting any reception for some reason. I was going to call Joe tonight too. 
At least I have internet, eh?
Joe went back last night. I feel lonely. Currently, at least what’s being hoped about for the future, I’ll only have another year of waiting. I’m going later this month to see him before he deploys. Wait… did I even mention he’s being sent with the big regiments over to Afghanistan?
There are so many things happening some days, it’s amazing I can even keep my thoughts straight.
I’ll be in Winnemucca tomorrow night and until tuesday for a tailings study going on at Midas. I’m kind of excited. I get to learn some new things. I’ll explain in better detail later.
It’s suppose to snow tomorrow too. This should make the interstate interesting. I wonder if I should ask about chains…
2007 seems to have snuck around the corner and gobbled me. As all of you know, Joe has been around for all of the holidays. He’s been trying to beat FFXII for the last three days. Stole the game from under my nose.
And just for his amusement: Joe is a lazy ass. And he’s all mine.
There are other things I could talk about right now, but I’ll hold off until after he leaves and I can concentrate a bit better.
So, here’s a sneak preview on what I’ve been painstakingly working on for the last week and a half (only to find it doesn’t want to work in internet explorer! Everyone is now commanded to get a mozilla based browser. Yes, I’m the boss. That’s right. ::grumbles about the lack of a universal browser::)
