Paycuts and Oilfield Family
Coping with Alberta’s Oilfield Downturn: Paycuts, Long Hours, and a Depressed Outlook Life being home more lately with less rapid growth is taking a bit…
Currently Viewing Category:
Experience Working in Alberta's Oilfield
Another Day in the Oilsands
Here I sit alone in my semi truck at an oilsands plant between Conklin and Fort McMurray. The cab offers relieving refuge from the scorching…
March 2018: Month 58 in Alberta
Working as a Semi-Vac and Tanker Truck Operator in Alberta After an abysmal February, March has brought some light and hope for 2018. The new oilfield services…
Bloody February
The public pictures I as a young, fit guy driving nice BMWs and dressing beautifully. It thinks I must pick up many beautiful women and…
From the Shores of BC to the Oilfield of Saskatchewan
The now-distant yet somehow still fresh melody of the BC waters still ring a song through my head. Now they are echoed with the symphony…
2008 (E93) BMW 335i Ownership Cost
2008 BMW 335i Special Edition Cabriolet: It had the classic tune-able N54 motor and fully loaded with every option possible at the time. This shared…
From Student to Business Owner and Investor- how did I get here?
Why am I here? How come me, the once to-be-destined academic prodigy destined to become a lawyer, elite academic to hold prestigious Master’s Degrees, or…
January 2018- Reversal of Fortunes?
The second half of 2017 was met with a series of unfortunate events: A sudden $2,460 dental bill, $11,880 special assessment, $895 legal fees, $1,500…
December 2017- The Losses Continue
On top of the lower than anticipated income for 2017, someone hitting my car, my windshield being damaged, my unexpected dental and legal bills, and…
Lonely At the Top, Regrets of the Past
It is lonely at the top. Such are one of the first words of wisdom I’ve heard when I expressed my isolation and loneliness throughout…