My Apartment

I know when I left the US I didn't have very many definitive answers about where I was going to live. By now I've figured it out. (Don't worry, I've actually been living here since the beginning of October). Anyway, this is my apartment. I share it with one other girl, although there's an empty room so I think another girl is going to move in when she gets back from the job she's on.

It's a three bedroom, two bath apartment. I have to pay for toilet paper, lightbulbs, and food. I can have someone come install the lightbulbs, but I have to buy them. There's also a maid that comes 3 times a week. She does my laundry as long as I buy laundry soap. It's a pretty sweet deal. 

My bedroom. Pretty basic. I haven't gotten around to buying very much, although new sheets and comforter are high on the list.

5 Reasons to Head Back to Base

I realized recently that I haven’t written very much about Villahermosa. Part of that is because I like being on the rig so much more than being at my Company's Base here in Villahermosa. However there are some perks of being in civilization. Here are my top 5 reasons to head back to base:

1. Hot water in a real shower –It’s not that I don’t have hot water on the rig. I just have to choose between washing my hair all the way clean or conditioning my hair. There’s just not enough hot water for both! Also, RV shower. Not exactly luxurious. And, I have to share with boys. Eww.
2. Food magically appears at your door – Some rigs I have to feed myself. Other rigs I get fed. Either way, there’s not a huge amount of choice involved. I eat what’s in front of me, plus whatever junk food I’ve smuggled with me. In town, everything is a phone call and 20 minutes of ‘Por favor, hables más despacio y le dices otro vez’ away from my doorstep.