Wednesday, January 23, 2008
New Pictures Are Up
Alexis and I have finally delivered on putting up new pictures. Click on the link over on the right side of the page and check them out. You will find some Christmas, Cruise and Steve-O pictures.
Friday, January 18, 2008
New Job
Almost a year ago, I left EnCana for the opportunity to become an in-house Landman. The job that I took right after EnCana, wasn't quite what I wanted, but it paid well and I got some great field experience. Ever since I left EnCana, I have had my eye on any opportunity to move in-house. About three months ago, I met an employee of a large independent oil company, he asked if anyone was interested in working for his company. I said yes and we talked for a little while (as it turns out, he is a Red Raider as well). I sent him my resume the next day. He got back to me quickly, but informed me that they did not have anything for me at that time but he would keep my resume on file. Well I thought I would never hear back from that company again.
One Friday evening about two months later, I got a call from someone else in that company. He told me where he got my resume and that he would like to interview me for an open position. I gladly accepted the invitation for the interview. The interview went really well and I was invited back about a week later for a second interview and to meet the VP of Land. This interview went really well and I was introduced to some of the people around the office and shown where my office would be if I were hired. This was shortly before the Christmas holiday season.
After I got back from the cruise I called them, and about a week and a half later, they called me and offered me the job! I have accepted it, and on January 28, 2008 I will start there. Accepting this job means that I have reached my goal of becoming an in-house Landman in less than a year after leaving EnCana. If I would have stayed at EnCana, the time frame that they gave me was 4-5 years to become an in-house Landman. My gamble paid off.
I will be responsible for running a crew of Landmen in a very northern state. This company drills almost exclusively for oil, not natural gas like the other companies I have worked for. My new office will be in Downtown Dallas, about 6 miles from my house. I will no longer have to drive 125 miles round trip to get to and from work. I am being brought on as a contractor, but their plan is to make me a full time employee as soon as they get the OK to fill a full time position. Once they do get the OK to fill it, it will be mine. It is a great opportunity for me. I will be able to work with other companies on deals, I will work with geologist and drilling engineers and I will have people in another state who report to me.
Enough already...what's the name of the company? Well I cannot tell you, at least not in this medium. The company is very concerned about keeping their business private. They do not want me posting their name on the internet and that is also why I have left the region of the country I will be working vague.
Alexis and I are thrilled about the new job. It is all-around better than the job that I have now.
One Friday evening about two months later, I got a call from someone else in that company. He told me where he got my resume and that he would like to interview me for an open position. I gladly accepted the invitation for the interview. The interview went really well and I was invited back about a week later for a second interview and to meet the VP of Land. This interview went really well and I was introduced to some of the people around the office and shown where my office would be if I were hired. This was shortly before the Christmas holiday season.
After I got back from the cruise I called them, and about a week and a half later, they called me and offered me the job! I have accepted it, and on January 28, 2008 I will start there. Accepting this job means that I have reached my goal of becoming an in-house Landman in less than a year after leaving EnCana. If I would have stayed at EnCana, the time frame that they gave me was 4-5 years to become an in-house Landman. My gamble paid off.
I will be responsible for running a crew of Landmen in a very northern state. This company drills almost exclusively for oil, not natural gas like the other companies I have worked for. My new office will be in Downtown Dallas, about 6 miles from my house. I will no longer have to drive 125 miles round trip to get to and from work. I am being brought on as a contractor, but their plan is to make me a full time employee as soon as they get the OK to fill a full time position. Once they do get the OK to fill it, it will be mine. It is a great opportunity for me. I will be able to work with other companies on deals, I will work with geologist and drilling engineers and I will have people in another state who report to me.
Enough already...what's the name of the company? Well I cannot tell you, at least not in this medium. The company is very concerned about keeping their business private. They do not want me posting their name on the internet and that is also why I have left the region of the country I will be working vague.
Alexis and I are thrilled about the new job. It is all-around better than the job that I have now.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Off and Running
2008 is here. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Did anyone see the Gator Bowl...Tech won.
The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy for Alexis and me. As many of you know, Alexis and I opted for a cruise over the Christmas break. It was an 8 day cruise with stops in Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. We had a pretty good time and really enjoyed the hot weather.
The ship was pretty new, about 5 years old. There were lots of families on the ship, but not too many little kids, and the boat was full. Even though all of the rooms were full, you never felt cramped, and I often wondered where everybody was. Our room had a window, that was a great surprise since I didn't think that we were going to have one.
Our first stop was in Jamaica. We planned an excursion to go on a jungle tour that included zip cords. The zip cords were great fun. They ranged from 150 feet to over 1000 feet long. Some were tree to tree, mountain to tree, and the last one (the 1000 footer) was from one mountain to another mountain as you crossed a river beneath you. We had a lot of fun doing that. The rest of Jamaica was not good. It's not really a nice place. Razor wire around the resorts doesn't say 'vacation here!' to me. Oh well, we were only there for a few hours anyway.
The next stop was in Grand Cayman. It was much nicer than Jamaica, which isn't saying a whole lot. We went parasailing that morning. Alexis loved it, I was terrified. Later that day we found a private beach and put that to good use. While on that beach we thought that it would be really cool to go to one destination and just relax and get to know the area a little bit. No more of 8 hours here then there for us.
The last stop was in Cozumel, which brings me to the best part of our cruse. We met these really nice people, and it was just the two of them. We got along great with the couple and we had so much in common with them it was weird. We spent a lot down time with them while on the ship. We would just hang out during they day, have dinner together, go to the bars at night. Anyway, they vacation in Playa del Carmen every year which is just a short ferry ride from Cozumel. So we cancelled our planned excursion for that day and headed out with them to Playa del Carmen. We had a good day with them just relaxing on a beach.
Here is some other stuff from the cruise. The morning that we arrived in Jamaica, Alexis woke up with Pink Eye. Gross. If you have ever had or seen it, it's not pretty, if you have not had it or seen it, consider yourself lucky. I will not describe it, my eyes are watering just thinking about it. Alexis also got what seemed to be a heat rash, and we both got sinus infections while on the cruise. I can't believe anyone actually hung out with us. Other than that it was a pretty good trip. I don't know if we will do it again anytime soon though.
Other news.
Since Alexis and I have no desire to keep up with Daryl and Diana as far as having kids, we thought to ourselves, "What could we do that would take the attention away from them and put the spot light on us, even if it is just for a little while?" So not to be out done, here is what we came up with... We got another dog!! Yep, two dogs now. Ace and Steve, but you can call him Stevie, Steve-O, or really whatever, he is just a puppy, he has no idea what's going on. We bought him on Saturday. He is an English Bulldog. He is mostly brown with some white markings. He's small, bow-legged, and ugly. Alexis says he is cute. Ace seems to like him, by 'like him' I mean Ace has not eaten him for a snack...yet. We are hoping that he won't get much bigger than about 50 lbs, but that is not up to us. We have tons of pictures of him, but we have not posted them yet. You know how good we are about posting stuff.
We will be taking requests for things to teach him, just let us know. Like I said, we should be putting pictures of him up soon, maybe we can put up some cruise pictures too.
The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy for Alexis and me. As many of you know, Alexis and I opted for a cruise over the Christmas break. It was an 8 day cruise with stops in Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. We had a pretty good time and really enjoyed the hot weather.
The ship was pretty new, about 5 years old. There were lots of families on the ship, but not too many little kids, and the boat was full. Even though all of the rooms were full, you never felt cramped, and I often wondered where everybody was. Our room had a window, that was a great surprise since I didn't think that we were going to have one.
Our first stop was in Jamaica. We planned an excursion to go on a jungle tour that included zip cords. The zip cords were great fun. They ranged from 150 feet to over 1000 feet long. Some were tree to tree, mountain to tree, and the last one (the 1000 footer) was from one mountain to another mountain as you crossed a river beneath you. We had a lot of fun doing that. The rest of Jamaica was not good. It's not really a nice place. Razor wire around the resorts doesn't say 'vacation here!' to me. Oh well, we were only there for a few hours anyway.
The next stop was in Grand Cayman. It was much nicer than Jamaica, which isn't saying a whole lot. We went parasailing that morning. Alexis loved it, I was terrified. Later that day we found a private beach and put that to good use. While on that beach we thought that it would be really cool to go to one destination and just relax and get to know the area a little bit. No more of 8 hours here then there for us.
The last stop was in Cozumel, which brings me to the best part of our cruse. We met these really nice people, and it was just the two of them. We got along great with the couple and we had so much in common with them it was weird. We spent a lot down time with them while on the ship. We would just hang out during they day, have dinner together, go to the bars at night. Anyway, they vacation in Playa del Carmen every year which is just a short ferry ride from Cozumel. So we cancelled our planned excursion for that day and headed out with them to Playa del Carmen. We had a good day with them just relaxing on a beach.
Here is some other stuff from the cruise. The morning that we arrived in Jamaica, Alexis woke up with Pink Eye. Gross. If you have ever had or seen it, it's not pretty, if you have not had it or seen it, consider yourself lucky. I will not describe it, my eyes are watering just thinking about it. Alexis also got what seemed to be a heat rash, and we both got sinus infections while on the cruise. I can't believe anyone actually hung out with us. Other than that it was a pretty good trip. I don't know if we will do it again anytime soon though.
Other news.
Since Alexis and I have no desire to keep up with Daryl and Diana as far as having kids, we thought to ourselves, "What could we do that would take the attention away from them and put the spot light on us, even if it is just for a little while?" So not to be out done, here is what we came up with... We got another dog!! Yep, two dogs now. Ace and Steve, but you can call him Stevie, Steve-O, or really whatever, he is just a puppy, he has no idea what's going on. We bought him on Saturday. He is an English Bulldog. He is mostly brown with some white markings. He's small, bow-legged, and ugly. Alexis says he is cute. Ace seems to like him, by 'like him' I mean Ace has not eaten him for a snack...yet. We are hoping that he won't get much bigger than about 50 lbs, but that is not up to us. We have tons of pictures of him, but we have not posted them yet. You know how good we are about posting stuff.
We will be taking requests for things to teach him, just let us know. Like I said, we should be putting pictures of him up soon, maybe we can put up some cruise pictures too.
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