It’s Sunday and I’m at work finishing up the turnaround (TA) that I’ve been on since the beginning of June. Turnarounds always involve hard work and other difficulties, but this one was an unusually busy and difficult. I’m finishing up now and hope to leave work a few hours early today.

I’ve been working between 13 and 14 hours a day seven days a week (except for one week). I’m very tired and happy to see this TA come to an end. I’ve gotten home between 7:00 and 7:30 most every night, and I’ve been in bed by 8:30 just about everyday for the past month, so I’ve hardly seen the family. I am past ready to spend some time with Lisa and the kids.

I will write more when I’ve caught up on my family, my reading and my rest.

Coram Deo,
Kenith

Today is Sunday and I am now in the thick of a unit shutdown/turnaround. Today is also my 14th day without a day off. I’m therefore tired. I’ve been working mostly 13 hour days. Yesterday I left the plant after only 12.5 hours. Wow!

When I get home I bath, eat visit with the family for a little while and go to bed. Last night I was a sleep by 9:30 and one night earlier this week I was asleep before 8:00. There was no one home that night when I arrived at home, so I bathed and laid down and fell fast asleep.

Today, Sunday, has been good. There is only a skeleton maintenance crew working, so my job has been much more relaxed. One of the ways I’m taking advantage of this day is to write this blog and catch up on email I’ve not had time to look at this week.

Coram Deo,
Kenith