An Exploit: Social Events

Since I've been in Houston I've been very busy. I've made a lot of new friends, and had a lot of fun. Some of my new friends, having new adventures at bars, clubs, and the hotel pool:

The Bars

Sergio and Rodrigo

Rosalba and Mariel

Ivan and Deisy

Ma Jing and Taras

Eric, Me and Taras


Eric, Me, Igor, Taras



Latin Dancing

Igor, Sergio, Ivan, Laura, Wiena, Ma Jing, Me



EW! Yucky Tequila, Yucky Lime

Taras, Ivan, Me, Sergio, Igor

Laura, Sergio, Weina

Laura, our friend from the Drilling Engineer class, all the boys had crushes on her.

We had a lot of dancing pictures as well, but the boys all have girlfriends, and didn't want to get in trouble.

The Pool

Igor, Sergio and Rodrigo threw Rosalba in the pool, in her clothes.

Ivan, Laura, Taras, Sergio, Deisy, Eric, Igor, Alexander, Me, Rosalba

(here we have representatives from Colombia, Mexico, Ukraine, Peru, France, Russia and Venezuela)

Lots of good times, and I'm sure lots more to come!

An Exploit: Tattletail

This is a response to my sister's comment about the camera charger. I didn't know it at the time, but not sending the camera charger was retaliation for telling my secrets.

I've become adventurous since I've started this job. Sort of. It turns out that Cupcake is not he only one to bring out the craziness in me. I have about 15 friends here that cause a similar reaction. I now go to the bar regularly (calm down, it's mostly to dance), I try all sorts of crazy things, and I don't get any sleep. (That one was never one of Claire's strong suits)

My latest adventure is going Sky Diving. I told Claire wanting to see the reaction. It was a good one:

Holy ****! Why in the world would you do that!!! Are you effing nuts! And who with! And how the **** Did they convince you! Or were you the bad influence! And in that case Holy ****!

It made me laugh a lot. But then I got a text saying SHE TOLD MY MOM!!! I wanted to be the one to tell her...AFTER I went. You see, I know my mom WORRIES, A LOT! and didn't want that to happen. But my wonderful sister went and ruined that! Phooey

So, Claire, you are going to have to be REALLY nice to get me to send that charger now.

Well, if you want to know what happens (I go tomorrow) check back. I'll add some photos if I live. ;)

An Exploit: My Home, for a while

My charming living room. I re-arranged the entire suite to have it more home like. The only problem is that it has NO KITCHEN!!! I am reduced to eating cool soup, or at a restraunt every night. It doesn't even have a hot plate.



Here is my bedroom.


Some new friends after a night at the Salsa Restraunt. Dancing and Mojitos! And an awsome statue...

An Exploit: LA Mornings, OK Nights

A nice sunrise the other day in Louisiana. At first I went to get my camera because I was watching 5 men try to figure out how to attatch a grounding wire to the rod. It was a little big for the usual method. Sadly I was too slow, and they figured it out before I got a picture. But it turned out that the sun was just coming up at the time.



Tonight I decided to go on a photo trip. This is right outside my hotel. I'm right on the corner of SW 3rd and Harvard.



Right across the street is this club. I was trying to get it so you could read the sign, but I'm not that good a photographer.



After that I had to go to the Post Office to get my mail. I've had a PO box for a month and a half and this was only my third chanc to check it. Then I decided to go get some food for dinner. I found some excellent Pineapple. I made some fruit salad with strawberries and nectarines, too. Very tasty.



Then I went and walked around a little at the lake. I passed some people playing volleyball, and wanted to ask if I could join, but maybe next time. I started at the bench.



From this bench I saw a nice little pavalion across the water.



Then I walked by the picnic area and the volleyball pit.







On the way back I walked by the playground.

An Exploit: 3rd Time's a Charm

I'm now on my third rig. I didnt' take pictures because it looks just like the last 2. I did take pictures of a nice sunset last night.

They had 3 of us hurry out here to Shreveport, Louisiana. They were almost ready for our tool. We got out here, checked all the gear we had, re-measured the drillstring and got the tool put together. Then they told us they were having circulation loss problems, and they'd pick up tools tomorrow night. Tomorrow night came and they told us at least 24 hours. So the lead MWD left to go see his wife for the night. He got back yesterday, and it looked like we'd pick up tools sometime today. When I woke up they told me, they are cementing and it'll be 3 maybe 4 days, you can leave if you want. Ha! I could have been spending time with my family, but no... Anyway I have some help with my millions of quizes I have to take while I'm here. Wish me luck, I go to school on July 20!

An Exploit: Swirly Clouds

As I was driving into town the other day, I noticed this entry a driveway. It's very simple, and I had driven by it several times without noticing. But when I saw it I laughed a lot, and then had to turn around to take a picture. So that you know I'm not lying. The gate goes into PJ Farm! Hahahahahah

Also today it rained, well I guess it was yesterday. And when I was out with Dean putting the tool together and testing it, he pointed out the clouds. He asked if I'd ever been in a tornado before, then pointed up at the sky. The clouds were moving around in a circle, starting to swirl, it was really quite interesting. Don't worry it only lasted a bout 10 minutes and didn't move down at all.

An Exploit: My New Hero

My night in my box would not be complete without these items.

1. My jute recycle bag filled with books and cd's
2. My jute star bag filled with snacks and munchies
3. My excellent green hard hat
4. Safety glasses
5. Gloves
Not pictured: My laptop



Here's what I've found lately perusing the Internet between surveys:

Amazing cupcakes, and so much other stuff. This woman is my new hero, she makes the most beautiful creations, takes fabulous pictures of them, and has done all of this while finishing med school. This picture is my favorite because it's almost the one I draw for my sister, Cupcake.



Oh, P.S. her blog is annies-eats.com

Another cool blog that Claire (Cupcake) told me about was Cupcakes Take the Cake. I found this picture on their blog.

Isn't it fun? And it's on a Vinyl! Note to self: get a stocked kitchen, some cool baking tools, and go to town. I need to learn a lot of patience to make stuff like this!

Also, I'm going to start posting my favorite pictures along the left side of the page, under my categories segment.