Tag: Reflections
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The past month blurred into a cycle of offshore trips between the SWP platform and the Noble Viking drill ship, ending with a return to SWP once more. After three rotations in such quick succession, I started to feel like my bag never left half-packed mode. The Rhythm of Two Offshore Worlds Each site carried…
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Lockdown, Day something. COVID had paused the planet. Time blurred into static. It was just me, Furby, and the fridge humming like it missed people, too. Silence Hits Harder Than Fear Outside, the world went silent. No cars. No laughter. No footsteps past the gate. Inside, the house echoed. The kids weren’t with me. They…
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A Struggle With Temper Can you control your anger? For me, it has always been a struggle. I don’t lash out at people. I swore long ago never to raise my hand unless it was in self-defense, but objects have paid the price: phones, walls, even a laptop once. I’ve broken more than I care…