Really sorry for your situation mate. How is Jorja through all of this? (please forgive me if I spell her name incorrectly) She was pretty upset at the drama at his mums, and there was a few instances last year as well, so she’s well over it and very sensitive to any conflict at all. I’m hoping it’...

I thought you’d been quiet. It sounds like the right thing for him. I assume his mum is ok with him now full time with you? Hopefully they can slowly rebuild their relationship but I guess that’s going to get time. I bet you do need a break! Unfortunately she is being very unreasonable, holding no ...

Pulled pork soft tacos

Aww f**k Cav, sorry to hear all that mate ;( that’s a rough ride. All I can say is remember it always swings. The tough times don’t last forever and you have a beautiful family that’s about to get bigger and some time in the future you’ll be loving every moment of it. You always know where to find m...

At Darwin on my way to work. It’s been a hell of a break at home. Total break down in relationship between my son and his mum. Won’t even answer her messages. He’s now full time with us, including while I’m away. With him having ASD and also recently being diagnosed with ADHD and undergoing a drug t...

Wahoo!!! Too late to help convince you, but glad you are getting a new ride!!

100 day aged Angus steak… nom nom nom

Not today but on the weekend.. With all the stress life is throwing my way I thought a couple hour blast on the Thruxton was in order. It’s been about 4 months since I took it out. Seemed really slow to start, heaps of battery and cranked fine but didn’t want to fire. Finally got it going and headed...

Had a cold day, and it killed my starter. Maybe leaving it on the stone bench wasn’t the smartest idea.

Take 2

In other news I got too much FOMO with everyone eating hot cross buns when I can’t (yeast intolerance) even though I used to love them. Searched for sourdough versions but nothing available locally. So researched making my own sour dough versions (which i can tolerate) and am 3 days into maturing a ...

Homemade burgers and sweet potato fries

Few drinks at home after a very full on week. Bringing an Autistic teenager down off the edge is consuming. At the same time have been working through a list of obstacles to Byron being at mine full time while I’m still offshore, and removing a lot of them. Including securing $14K a year of funding ...

Well that was a short swing. Having to fly home early again, the ex has managed to cause Byron to meltdown majorly again. He’d barricaded himself in his room and said if he can’t go to mine he’s going to run away. So heading back. Going to have to work out a way for him to be at mine full time. Hopi...

Cav wrote: ↑01 Mar 2024, 19:59 This really sucks mate and I'm sorry this is happening to you. Is there anyway this rig can be sabotaged?!

SWIM and colleagues discuss that regularly, just as fantasy of course

And yes, though it's falling apart on its own these days

I take it there's no one at at HR you can talk to you get a better picture for the next 12 months? Nah, this is all down to Operations. HR have zero clue or effect on when we'll wind up. Nearly all the long term core crew guys out here are feeling like me. That's what makes it worse, the moral here...

the really bumhole part is when they bought our facility our redundancies were paid to them as part of the settlement, as our previous owners had a very generous enhanced redundancy policy. The current owners pride themselves on being a "Low Cost Operator" and their redundancy policy would...

Redundancy was slated for Aug/Sep. Production end February (now) and 6 months decommissioning. Byron finishes school then and also turns 18. As soon as he's legally an adult he said he doesn't want to live with his mum. I wanted to be around to help him transition into work/tertiary study. He's not ...

Our upper management are a bunch of self serving bullsh*t artists.. June 2022 - When I missed out on the Sydney Water Operations job and the Defence Fuels Consultant role disappeared due to the company not getting the contract renewal, I thought, I'll hang in out here, it's only going to be another ...

Belated wishes mate, sounds like it was a good one

On my way to work.

The weekend in Adelaide was huge, need to go to work to rest up