After flying into Chicago and getting prepped for the trip, then actually taking the trip and just figuring out what the hell is going on out here, the last 2 weeks to me have become a blur.
I will say this: North Dakota has some stunningly beautiful parts to it, if you can get past the isolating vast emptiness of it all. So you can probably understand why its been hard for me to get reliable internet. Even in Dickinson, where I have full 3G reception, the internet is beyond slow, just from over-saturation. They're really looking at a communications infrastructure needing some serious upgrading, otherwise it might implode.
Pete's job seems to be going ok. He has been in orientation since yesterday, which has given him housing. He is sharing a hotel room with a roomate, giving me the entire Durango to sleep in. It is a bit of a pain in the ass not fully knowing where your next shower is going to come from, but there are solutions to that. I can use the truck stop, in a pinch, but I have to pay 8 bucks for a shower there.
Pete still isn't 100% sure where he is going to be staying or what his job is going to entail after orientation. He knows he will be based out of Dickinson, which is good to know, but the whole housing and vehicle situation is going to be a bit of trouble. I have been getting calls for a couple days now from places like wal-mart and kmart that want to hire me, but I'm not sure how that is going to work out, since I am relying on Pete's vehicle for shelter and transportation. If he needs it for work, I'm kind of screwed. Not that Pete is to blame for that, but it seems to really be limiting me to having to find something that will offer me housing that is nearby the job.
That being said, I do have some prospects in that area. I'm looking at Target Logistics, which handles some of the man camp situations out here. I'd be doing housekeeping, but it pays well, provides housing, and meals, and it is on the same schedule block that Pete will be on, so that makes trips back to IL a lot easier to plan. I'm also looking into a housekeeping job with a hotel, in the hope that they would let me stay in the room for a slightly reduced wage.
Of course, this would be a jumping point to something in the oil fields, hopefully. I really came up here because I thought I could make the big bucks and that it would be a great way to make up for some of the mistakes I've made in life. I could get out of debt and get enough of a savings going that I could really dictate where I went next in life instead of having to react to what life threw at me. I'm still throwing several applications a day at MBI, where Pete got hired, but for some reason they don't like me and keep rejecting me. I guess if I keep trying maybe they will give me an interview simply to get me to stop flooding their mailboxes.
All I know is I need something and I need it soon. Money is starting to concern me, and I have no idea what to do if I run out...
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