The house is quiet...

I just got off the phone with Luke a bit ago and he sounds tired.  These days he is really lucky if he gets four hours of sleep in.  I think his last pay period was clocked out at around 120 hours a week!!!....One week!!!  How many hours are there in a week?  168? That means he had 48 hours in 7 days for brushing his teeth, shaving (which he doesn't do anymore...he seriously looks like Grizzly Adams, but I like it) sleeping and eating.  That's not a lot of time.  There have been a few nights I have stayed up on the phone, talking him awake while he tries to keep the truck on the right side of the line on his way home.  You may ask why is he working so many hours?  It's a good question.  The answer is money; the money involved in the oil industry is mind-blowing!!  I will be learning more and more about the industry and how it all works....but for anyone looking for a job....you could walk into town, Minot, Williston, or Dickinson, to name a few, and be hired immediately.  You have to not mind 40 below, gusting, freezing winds that glue your eyelashes together, and getting really, really, extremely, dirty.  Hell, I think I could handle it!  Not!  But my honey is Superman and he's incredible, and happy to boot...I'm here to take care of him and I love him.