Reflections

These past few days have been pretty interesting. Most people probably know by now, but a few weeks ago I was tapped by my boss to head down to Port Arthur, TX to do some Construction Management work on a packaging plant for Chevron. I really didn’t have much time to prepare, so these past few days have been a little frantic. I might have been excited if they had sent me somewhere other than a tiny refinery town (Port Arthur seems to exist solely for the purposes of refining oil). How am I supposed to get excited about breathing unclean air, waking up at 5 am everyday, or being away from friends and family for upwards of a month? I didn’t see any possible way of saying no though, I’m still new, and this is experience I’ll need, but that doesn’t mean I enjoy it.
BTW, has anyone (if anyone reads this) listened to the music mentioned in my last post? I think at the end of some of these I’m going to list something I’ve listened to or read. They won’t be as mandatory as the last, but still something that help explains my present mood. This week (day/month/however long in between my next post) I would try to pick up a copy of: Cat Power’s (artist) album “The Greatest”. From what I’ve listened to so far, a very good listen.