As I leave the slope today it’s possible that more than just this well has ended. I started this newest of jobs only 5 months ago but today could very well be my last day. When I came to work a month ago the world was just starting to change as I sit here on the plane in my mask and gloves I’m not sure what kind of world I am coming back too.
Every ending is a mixed bag of emotions. I am relived and happy to be done with yet another project successfully finished. I’m hopeful of getting to see my family and husband again soon. But I’m also a bit sad. Not only because this might be my last time on the slope (for a long time or ever) but because I actually really do enjoy my job. I know it doesn’t always seem like it but I love the fact that I get to work strange places with a great group of people and that I get to use geology every day. So many of my peers have gone on to other things of course I’m not climbing mountains or predicting volcanoes every other day but I still get to talk about faults and rocks and crazy stuff every day! I know it’s not everyone’s jam but it is mine! I will miss having people to talk rocks too.
I am most definitely looking forward to the next chapter of my life and I know I will be back in Alaska someday. I feel very lucky and blessed to have gotten the opportunity to work this dream job. I’m not sure I will be back in oil but I know my love affair with Alaska is far from done. With views like this how could it be?
I call this blog Oil keeps the lights on because for us oil pays the bills and for millions oil makes the power we need to survive. With the state of the world these days it is hard to predict the future but oil will always be a part of it. I don’t know what the next chapter will be for me but I will share it with you as I go because oil will always keep the lights on for me.
Next adventure the unemployment line!