This is going to be a boring post but it's the easiest way to get the story out there.
Del and I just got a taste of how life working for Kiewit (or any other construction company) could be some day. Yesterday, about 20 mins before Del was going to take off for his 5.5 day weekend, the head boss of his project asked to speak to him. He asked if Del could possibly be one of 2 Kiewit guys to work thru the weekend. A little back story, a couple of weeks ago they realized that a huge underground pipe was leaking and that it was built to incorrect specifications. Well, they have a deadline of 30 days to correct this error so they've been working men 24hrs a day. So anyway, Dellas agreed to stay and is now going to work 6pm-6am Saturday, Sunday and probably Monday or Tuesday night.
Needless to say, I was NOT happy with this sudden change. I went from going to see him in about 24hrs to waiting another 5 days. The nice thing is that Kiewit is possibly going to reimburse us some of the extra expense we're taking on in order to get him new last minute flights to come home. But, he's coming home! Hopefully! We'll know for sure this afternoon but we're thinking Wed morning to Sunday night.
Anyway, it's a huge bummer but it's reality and situations like this are what we'll have to be ready for in this field. But it makes us ask ourselves, at what point do you stop sacrificing family for career....? We'll have to find out as we go!
Just take a deep breath..... What do you think farm wives do? What do you think dairy wives do?
ReplyDeleteI'm just sayin'.
Not sure who posted this but I sure hope it's someone I know! Otherwise I'm highly considering going private lol.
ReplyDeleteI don't see the connection between farm/dairy wives and me not seeing my hubby for 3 months? haha but thanks...? This was more for my family's info, not for me to vent cuz I know it's not in our control.