An Introduction

Let me first start off by introducing myself. I am the wife of a rig hand. Well not just any rig hand, he is of course a very special and exceptionally smart rig hand. He would have to be to make such an awesome choice for his wife...LOL.

Anyway, we have been living the "oil life" for..well it feels like forever, but in all reality we did go to high school before my husband started his life on an oil rig. So I guess that would mean we have lived an "oil life" for about 11 years now.

Why did we choose rig life? We made some mistakes in our teen years and by time I was 17 we had already had 2 kids...So where else could he make enough to support a very fast growing family but in the oilfield. Since we grew up in a oil rich community it seemed at the time the best option. Now 11 years and 2 more babies later we sometimes wonder if it was the right choice.

11 years later, though it is really to late to make to much of a change. In that 11 years he has worked his way up to driller/relief toolpush on drilling rigs. The only downfall is gone far too much. The up side of rig life for me is since I concieved our 3rd child 6 years ago, I have been a stay at home mom and had the privledge of watching my children grow up. I got say, I really do love my husband for making staying at home a reality for me.

I always wanted to be a stay at home mom and he has busted his butt to make that happen for me and our family. I thank him very much for that!!

So there is a run down of who I, or I guess who we are. We are an average family living the "oil life" With 4 healthy lively kids and a driller for a husband...This is my life and most of the time I love it. You will find over the course of time that there are days I love rig life and there are days that I absolutely hate rig life. I am not here to recommend or discourage oil life I am just here to give my view as I see it.

Please feel free to comment and let me know how you feel about rig life! I am happy to hear from all of you.