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Oct 18, 2010 - 06:48 PM

Troubling Times

I have never had such a rough week in my entire and unfortunately its coming with dire consequences.

I had said in my journal a while back that I had developed sleep apnea which is a sleeping disorder. It mainly developed when I was working horribly long shifts up in Alberta combined with a very horrible diet. I've tried my best to work with this disorder during my time working, but regardless of how long I work, how many days I have off, and how many hours of sleep I get I am still prone to daytime drowsiness and micro-naps. It got the better of me last week.

One day last week, I ended up going to a site to do some concrete testing and the morning concrete testing went okay. We went into the afternoon and we were suppose to do some trial batch testing, but there was a long waiting period. I was sitting in my truck waiting to get the go ahead for testing, so I wanted to make sure my truck was out of the way. I didn't even realize it, but I ended up falling asleep. 20 minutes later I got a knock on the window. It was the safety representative checking to see if I was okay. He gave me a stern warning about sleeping on site, and told me that if the client was the one that caught me I would of been escorted off site. He had a small chat and he said he would keep it between us, but he warned me not to let it happen again.

I came back from work that day and was talking to my boss. I didn't want to mention it to her (big mistake) because I thought nothing of it because my ignorance allowed me to think that nothing would come out of it.

I discovered when I came back to the work site the next day, the safety representative had a change of heart and told his supervisor on site. Which he then relayed it to my boss without me knowing about it until it was too late. Then everything pretty much went downhill. I should of said something, then everything could of went a tiny bit better.

I've had a chat with my boss at the end of last week. She told me that she had no idea that I had a sleeping disorder which is a complete fucking lie because during the interview process I know with the utmost certainty that I told her that I have a sleeping disorder. She still denies I ever told her, so she is making it sound like that I tried to hide it from her. Which i didn't, I even put on my site medical records that I have sleep apnea.

It has been escalated incredibly high within the company. I'm now not working on the site anymore, today they took my driving privileges away; under no circumstance am I ever allowed to drive a company vehicle by myself or with someone else because they are fearful that I will fall asleep at the wheel. Which I've never done before, I have a clean driving record with no speeding tickets or accidents. Until they have talked to all the specified people I'm kept to lab work and team concrete pours only. I've lost my overtime, and about 10 to 15 hours of extra work.

I am so miserable now like you wouldn't believe and I brought this on myself, but I am trying my hardest to work with this disorder but I can't sleep well I'm under so much responsibility and stress, that I don't know what to do. There is a good possibility that I could get fired over a disorder I have no control of. I'm trying my best to work with it, as long as I'm kept busy or occupied it doesn't get the better of me. It usually happens anytime that my muscles start to relax and for the most part anytime I fall asleep I have recollection of ever falling asleep.

I've taken the initiative to try to get re-assessed, but I've always worked hard, I've never been late for work. I do my work with little to no complaint. I understand the company's standpoint that they don't want anybody to work who is going to be safety liability, but I have diagnosed with this for almost two years, and I probably had even longer than that. I've had no accidents, no incidents, no nothing, and I don't know what's going to happen over the next couple of days.

I need to do whatever it takes to get more rest, but because of this disorder I'll never be able to travel or work on any of the big projects and I really fucking hate that since I'm a capable worker that is overwhelmed with a sleeping disorder. I may have to go back to Alberta, because I truly don't know how this will turn out.

In the meantime guys, I have to try to remedy this because a large part of this I brought upon myself so I have accept the consequences of my actions. I'll be going to bed between 9 and 10, so you won't see me on the radio show for a very long time, and I'm truly sorry about that. You'll barely see me on the internet as well.

Anyway guys I need to get some rest, so take care and have a good night.

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Oct 9, 2010 - 04:00 PM

The Wrath of Igor (Not 56K Friendly)

I know, I two weeks late but to be honest I've been so busy lately with work I haven't had much time to do anything. I'm on my third day off of four so I just wanted to take some time so you guys some of the extensive damage when this Hurricane hit about two weeks ago.

You have to understand that with the location of our province, Hurricanes don't hit our province very often. Even when they do, the Hurricane loses too much of its power that by the time it hits our province it is a tropical storm or tropical depression. This storm combined with a wicked Northeastern made it pretty much a once in a life time storm. The weather office labeled this hurricane that hit our province a cyborg storm and trust me it did quite a lot of damage.

Areas of our province got hit with as much 220 ml (over 8 inches of rain) of rainfall with 155 KM/PH (96 MPH) winds. For the most part, my house didn't suffer too much damage. We had about half a dozen trees crack off behind our house, and we had some damp spots on our basement floor. We lost power for almost 24 hours. I actually had to work when the Hurricane hit, but by lunch time hit our materials lab started to flood and some of the roads in the city were impassable, also a lot of the rivers that dot the entire city started to overflow. To be honest if I had waited another hour I wouldn't of made it home myself.

A lot of rural communities all across suffered massive amounts of damage, mainly the roads. So I just wanted to show you some of videos and photo's during and after the Hurricane.

During Hurricane Igor

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After Hurricane Igor

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So yeah, what a storm, A lot of people are referring to it as a once in a lifetime storm because a lot of people haven't seen road damage this extensive. Hopefully we can learn from this storm and better prepare ourselves next time.

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Sep 27, 2010 - 10:23 PM

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Sep 20, 2010 - 08:11 PM

Hurricane (Tropical Storm) Igor or whatever the fuck you wanna call it.

What kind of name is Igor for a Hurricane.

So its pretty much going to be a weak hurricane or strong tropical storm before it hits my neck of the woods. I still hate the fact I got to report in to work tomorrow since every outdoor project is going to be shut down tomorrow, but our boss wants to keep us in the lab all fucking day. In the next 24 hours we're suppose to get at least 150 mm of rain.

I'm so fucking grateful my house is on top of a hill, but I imagine there will be quite a few flooded basements tomorrow. I hope the buses get shut down tomorrow, I don't really feel like pushing my car through water. Still we get to show up to work a little late, but its going to be really fucking boring. I would just rather stay home in this miserable weather.

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Sep 12, 2010 - 10:08 AM

Basement + Work = Tired

To be honest, I wish I had an exciting life that I could at least come up with an interesting journal title.

I'm on my last day off for my 4 day break. I haven't really been doing much except having a lot of downtime. This week I finally got my first paycheck from starting this new job, and even though its significantly less than what I was making out west it's still more than enough to keep all the bills paid and save a bit of money as well.

Regarding the basement, the plumber is all paid off and the plumbing work is now completed down in the basement. I have the plasterers coming in on Monday night and for the next three evenings they are going to be doing all the plastering for the basement. That is going to set me back about $1100.00, it will probably take a month to pay it off. I got my parents coming in November to do the ceiling work, and maybe the flooring. If things go according to plan, the renovations will be done by Christmas hopefully. Then after Christmas its time to furnish the basement and see my game room really shine.

With regards to work, things are going so far, so good. I'm finally assigned to the site in which I'll be working on full time. It is a three year project in which I'll be doing strictly concrete. The entire project needs to pour almost a million liters of concrete over the next three years, so I think I'm going to be fairly busy. I got two 400 meter pours this week, but its good work for 10 to 12 hours a day so I'm not complaining.

The staff that I have to work with is being a little annoying. I'm the third oldest person in the office (I'm even older than my boss), and in terms of their field staff I have the most experience (4 years under my belt). I get a lot of fucking attitude from a lot of the younger staff who have been with the company for 6 months or less. There is this one bitch that loves to tell me how to do my fucking job, even though I've worked on a lot of different projects than what she has, but you know I could put her in my place but since I'm even grateful to have a job back home I'm not getting into fights with her just to prove a point and put my job in jeopardy. I think some of them are just pissy because this job has a lot of overtime and I'm the one that got it. I understand that I'm new at your office, but you know if your not going to give me any respect despite my best intentions to try to work with you guys, don't blame me if I get the better projects just because I'm more willing to work on my days off and don't have any problems making myself dependable and reliable. A lot of these people if you ask me aren't going to last at this job especially with some of the things they're constantly bitching at. For me its just as simple as doing your job and keeping your mouth shut.

I had a chance to see Jamie Kennedy at the comedy club last night and it was actually pretty good.

For my last day off I got to move some furniture to prepare the basement to be plastered. I also rented a hole bunch of movies to watch over the next week.

If anybody is wondering what I had rented:

1408
Death Race
The Stepfather
The Hurt Locker

I'm anxious to finally sit down and watch the Hurt Locker finally. I'm also in the process of finishing my Ghostbusters complete cartoon collection as well.

That pretty much sums up whats been going on in my life over the last two weeks, but at least I got my deposit in for the meet. So excited about going like you wouldn't believe.

Take Care Guys.

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Aug 17, 2010 - 09:13 PM

Starting the new job.

Well my summer holiday is over. I had about 20 days off and it flew by like you wouldn't believe. The last few days of my holiday wasn't really much of a holiday, since the heavy work regarding the basement is well underway.

I can not wait until this fucking basement is done because it is sending me to hell and back. The gyprock work is just about completed. All that is left is get the gyprock up for the rest of the bathroom and the laundry room and then its all completed. I got the electrician to do the final hook-ups tomorrow, and the plumber will be coming in tomorrow as well.

We then have to wait two weeks to get the walls plastered by a professional. The final bit of work will be happeneing in November when we can get the floors placed and the ceiling up. Hopefully in the new year we can finally start adding furniture to the room and get that game room going I've always wanted.

I've just finished my second day with my new job and things are going fairly well. Things are going to be a hell of a lot busier than my last job, besides doing field work which was a lot of specialty, we're also responsible for a lot of the lab work as well. That is something that I'm not really accustomed to, since working on the field we've always had designated lab staff once we finished working out in the field. How it works, is whatever work we're responsible for doing out in the field we have to do the lab work associated with it. Our main focus is soils and building materials such as asphalt, gravel, and concrete, so regardless of the work its still a good feeling to come home at the end of every work day. Regardless of which area of the province they need to send me I absolutely welcome it; it will take me a little time to get use to the lab work. The staff is fairly young, I'm like one of the oldest guys there and I'm 30, but they seem like an okay group to work with.

I went to see the Expendables last weekend and such an awesome movie to watch. I loved it just as much as Sprout did, got to hand it to Terry Crews and his shot gun. It can blow up observation towers in a single shot.

I'm still plowing through Rogue Galaxy. Such an awesome game, but as long as my parents are here. I haven't had much time to relax, since any spare time is spent down working in the basement.

Have a good night guys.

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Jul 26, 2010 - 02:05 AM

Final Day

Well here I am, waiting for my laundry to get done. Its 11:00 pm in the night; normally I would be well on my way to bed right now. Tomorrow is my last day, and there is not really much to do except clean out my office and give my final few goodbyes.

Obviously, I'm anxious to get home, but I leave this place with a lot of sadness. Not the province, but the project I've worked on over the last 18 months. Pretty much it has been the longest amount of time I've worked on a single project and I've had the liberty of working with some really great people, and I am going to miss them very much.

There is not really much I can do, for me this is another step toward building the life I've always wanted.

I guess tonight was a good night to finish things. I played my last game of camp poker and believe it or not I actually won. $180 to be exact, not too shabby for a guy finishing up his last day. I don't really have a lot to pack, and to be honest I don't really care if I'm too tired for work tomorrow. At least that way, I can sleep on the plane and hopefully the flight tomorrow night will go by incredibly fast.

I'm just so anxious that I can finally have a normal life again for once. I am looking forward to seeing quite a few movies when I get home. I can finally start playing video games online with some of my friends. I can start completing some of my console games, that I've put on the back-burner for so long.

It would also be nice to hang out with some of my best friends any time I wanted. Obviously it will be nice to sleep in my own bed, and be with the woman I love every other night. Which reminds me, I'm actually celebrating my 2nd year wedding anniversary on July 26th/2010. I'm not home, but I end up missing it by one day. I've already got a gift bought, so I hope she likes it.

Time to finish up packing, and get the fuck home for good.

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Jul 6, 2010 - 04:51 PM

The Neighbor's Kids

Well I'm back in Alberta for the last time (hopefully). I just got the email; everything is good to go. I start my new job on August the 16th. I'll finish up here in late July.

As things are looking up, and I feel like nothing could ever bring me down. I'm not even back in Alberta for a few hours and I have a new stressful situation I need to deal with.

We live in a small neighborhood. One of our next door neighbors is a couple who are both pilots and they're incredibly nice and we always talk to each other and see how everyone is doing.

On the other side of our house. We have neighbor's that live in a basement apartment. They're kids have been giving us so much trouble in a such a short amount of time.

Look the biggest thing I want to avoid is I don't want to be this kind of neighbor.

There have been so many problems in the past. Some of these kids are like 8 to 10 years old, well the other have been teenagers 14 to 16 years old.

It all started when they use to take their bike and start taking jumps on our lawn, and they went as far as setting up a ramp, on our lawn to go into the other neighbors lawn (pilot couple). Who is doing renovations on their back lawn to turn it into a sloped rock garden and flower bed. They're wrecked the this person's lawn a few times with tire marks and moved soil. I couldn't really care about our lawn since its not developed, and its full of weeds. We're working on the lawn after the basement is completed.

The cops have been over to that basement apartment quite a few times. There have been screaming matches, loud music all hours of the night, even rear window of the car that belonged to the people living in the basement apartment was smashed out.

About a month ago, the teenager who lives in the basement apartment dropped off in my backyard with my permission an ATV who he said that a friend was picking up the next day. Cops arrived half an hour later to tell me that the ATV was stolen by that kid. Had to chat with the police for about half an hour.

While I was home, I came across the kids ripping up and playing on my front lawn and leaving garbage there.

Now, the day that I go away. I just recently found out from wife. That she woke up to our back patio and porch covered in eggs which I assume the kids that lived in the basement apartment just egged the house.

Crystal is fed up, and so am I. I really don't know what to do, the people who live upstairs don't own the house so we're trying to call the landlord to address our concerns. I don't know if its just kids being kids, but I feel like if I take action they could do something worse. If one of them is capable of stealing equipment. What is stopping them from breaking into my house while my wife goes to work.

It an annoying situation and I hope it gets resolved, but I'm kind of helpless until i get home for good which is three weeks away.

Any advice please?

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Jul 5, 2010 - 11:51 AM

I GOT THE FUCKING JOB!

To those that have been talking to me, over the last couple of days. I recently had an interview last Wednesday for a position with my company in my home province. It was the one opportunity I wanted for a very long time and one of the reasons why I stayed with the same company over the last 4 years.

The interview went really well, and she pretty much made it sound like I had the job to begin with. I didn't want to get my hopes up until I knew how much she was going to pay me. I knew the pay was going to go down because the standard of living is much lower in Newfoundland compared to a place like Alberta.

I'm currently making 27.50 an hr in Alberta right now, I was really hoping she would offer me at least 20.00 an hr because thats how much I would need to keep a comfortable life in this province. I got the email this morning and she offered me a flat rate of 21.00 an hr with the possibility of extra raises and you don't know how happy I am.

I told her that I am more than happy to accept that rate of pay, then it just needs to be decided when she needs me to start. I head back to Alberta for my final rotation and then its back home hopefully for good. I've been waiting for this opportunity for so long and I am so proud of myself for enduring all the hardships that come with working away from home and it has finally paid off.

I am celebrating tonight for sure, and I want to thank the people on GFF who have pretty much been the best bunch of online friends a guy could ever ask for especially during all the time I spent working up here. There are a few people on GFF I would like to thank personally.

The thing is I joined the Forum in March of 2006, and I moved to Alberta in September of 2006. It was during all the time I spent up working, I got to know the people of this site really well. Even though I never got to socialize much working up here. You guys were one of the reasons I managed to keep my sanity. I remember I use to go down to the office at around 11:00 pm on my days off and use the office computers to go on GFF and post until 2:00 or 3:00 am in the morning with a bunch of junk food at my desk. Even though I'm not nearly close to being a popular member of this site, I appreciate the friendships I've made with everybody.

The GFF people I want to thank most of all are:

The Wise Vivi: Your pretty much my first friend I ever made on GFF, and your still the biggest stock car racing whore I know. We've always had good chats, and your still one of kind.

Colonel Skills: My brother from another mother, you are one of the reasons this site is so enjoyable to go to. Your randomness and the fact we have such similar gaming tastes, has always made you a great person to chat with on the site.

Philia: You are literally one of the coolest female gamers I know. It is frightening to know how similar our gaming tastes are. You've always been an awesome person and we always have good chats when it comes to certain games.

Rockgamer: Our resident TV trivia prodigy. You literally tell some of the best stories, and your blu-ray collection and your dead ps3 will always haunt you to this day. Your an awesome character and I feel proud to know you.

Dullenplain: Probably the only guy that realizes to an extent the horrors that come with traveling and doing outdoor work all over the place. You got to see the Northern Alberta scene for yourself. You've always been a great chap to talk to.

Tritoch/Nuttyturnip: Without the radio show I would have no other way to enjoy Wednesday nights when I've finished work. You've made my time on GFF with the radio show incredibly enjoyable and I'm happy that you allow me to corrupt you guys with a bit of Newfie culture from time to time.

Denicalis: Its kind of funny, when I first joined GFF, I thought you were one of the biggest pricks of all time. I got to know you and even though we tease each a little bit, its all in good fun, and you pretty much taught me especially in this place never to take things seriously, and your still one of the sharpest and wittiest guys I know.

A Lurker: The GFF girl of my dreams, and one person who is never afraid to put me in my place. Thanks for the chats even though they did not very often. Your still incredibly cool and your damn pretty too.

Other shoutouts: Diss, Sprouticus, Mo0, Shorty, Shin, Acerbandit, Qwarky, Terminus, Sassasfrass, The Dopefish, and everybody else.

I'm off to celebrate.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

To my fellow DDR fans (Chaotic and SimDaddyGT)

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I'M COMING HOME

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Jun 25, 2010 - 09:41 PM

Working on my birthday yet again

I've hit the Dirty 30.

4 years working up here, and 3 out of those 4 years I've had to spend my birthday working. You can't really have much of an exciting birthday, when your working up here. You can't even have a drink for yourself.

Oh well, I got three days left so hopefully I can enjoy the full extent of my birthday once I get home. I got what I really needed today, which was a whole ton of birthday messages on my facebook, and a phone call from my wife. So that's pretty much the best I can do, while I'm working up here.

Well at least when I go home, I'll be grabbing DEATH SMILES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally an excuse to hook my XBOX 360 up. The renovations on the basement are finished for the time being, I'm amazed with how much my father had done in such a short amount of time, for only about 2 grand, all the sub-flooring is done, and every partition is up. Next is the electrician and then placing the gyp-rock. Which will be done when I'm home in August.

I'm kind of excited to see what I got for my Birthday, because I am absolutely clueless. The only thing I know I'm getting is my brother is getting me a Blu-Ray of the original Predator, one of my favorite 80's action movies of all time.

Also, I want to thank Sass for the birthday wishes, your a true sweetheart.

Take Care Everybody.

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