Well now . . .

It's now time for . . . what . . . my second post of the year . . . ? Something like that. Well if you've been wondering what I've been up to lately (which I'm sure you weren't, but I'm going to write it out anyway): Friday, April 13th, (hmm interesting, I just now notice that) was my last day as an electrician. Sad? No not really. I was really feeling like it was time for me to move on. So I will be starting my new job as a "pipeline technician on the 30th. I'll explain more about what I'm doing there later on. But in between the 13th and the 30th, I spent five days hiking up and down the Appalachian Trail. It was a time of reflection, meditation, and just a time for me to be by myself away from all the hooplah that was going on around me. I had a very meaningful time and I learned things that would simply take me too long to record here. Even if you were interested. But all went well on my hike until I was about eleven miles away from my ending point and I sprained my knee. So . . . now I am sitting around the house hoping it will heal. Yesterday (monday) I tried to see if some constant exercise would loosen it up and allow me to use it. (I took a shorter nine mile hike that day) yeah I know I'm crazy. You've all said that before. But needless to say it didn't work and I had to limp back. So here I sit . . . waiting for my new job to start.

So many people have been asking me what exactly am I going to be doing at my new job. Here is my meager explaination . . . In case you didn't know there is a pipeline that runs from the Gulf of Mexico up into New York State. This is a natural gas pipeline (not petroleum). The company that owns it is called Williams, by Transco. Which is my new employer. Williams has multiple compression stations along this pipeline to keep the gas moving. I will be working at the location just outside of Ellicott City. My job will include maintaining the twelve natural gas engines that run the compressors. The engines range between 2500hp and 5500hp. In laymans terms, some of these engines are the size of a Greyhound bus. So yeah in case you were wondering that will be Jayson's new career. Whatddya think?