Some very random thoughts...

Ah, the world of split shifts. I can't sleep. With only 8 hours off between the time I get off at night, and the time I have to be in the next morning, I just can't sleep. I have strange, unfamiliar dreams. Usually my dreams feel like "mine", but the ones I've been having lately just don't. I see me in them, but they don't feel like mine. Today, and then Friday, should be the end of my split shifts. For this rotation, anyway.

I think the camp population probably represents a slice of real life personalities. This week seemed to be a larger than normal population that threatened to quit their jobs if they 1. didn't get a better (closer, quieter) room, 2. didn't get their important maintenance issues resolved RIGHT NOW, 3. couldn't get better food selections in the dining room, and my favorite...4. object to the number of minorities working here. A guy actually quit and said he was going to start a chain reaction of people objecting to the various minorities working in this camp. These things come from people who, for the most part, are earning approx $1,000 per day to be here. Hmm. OK, quit. I have no objections. Won't bother or impact me or my company at all. Your employer will definitely find someone else waiting to take your place.

At dinner the other night, I was trying to salt my food and noticed that the holes of the salt shaker were mostly plugged, so I smacked the shaker down on the table to clear it out. Unfortunately, I landed it right on my fork, which was perched on my plate buried in a pile of Chinese noodles. Yeah, most of them landed on me, and luckily I didn't get any of my dinner companions with any. I did have one of the ladies picking the noodles out of my hair for me, though. I decided to be happy that I could make someone - anyone - laugh (taking the hit for the team!) rather than be embarrassed. 

Working splits and days has gotten me out of my gym habit :( (I actually need a crying emoticon there!). I'm not getting there near enough, and I hate how quickly the habit disappears! 

I am going to try to add some pictures here. These pictures are of the lunch display for some visitors yesterday. All items are carved from fruit and vegetables.