North Dakota

Mommy and Saije getting ready for bed in North Dakota!

After 12 hours we made it to North Dakota! We drove for 11 hours and then between stopping a few times for gas and what not, it was 12 hours exactly. We left Saturday night at 7:30 and just drove straight thru the night. Brogan was a trooper and drove the entire way. Saije slept the entire way except for the times I changed her diaper and fed her a bottle. She did soooo good! The hotel Brogan stays at is beautiful! His company was the first booking for this place so no one had ever stayed here before. I'm pretty sure it's rated four stars. They pay out $75,000/week for 79 rooms 7 days a week. That's a TON of money considering they are only in their rooms for like 4 hours a day!

Saije just chillin' on the bed in the hotel!

We got really lucky. Brogan would have normally started work at 3 AM Monday morning but they had been having problems with the rig they are working on so he got the day off! We went to lunch at a delicious steakhouse called JD's, took a nap (we were still tired from the trip), went to Walmart for groceries so we don't have to eat out every meal for two weeks, and then watched the Ravens vs Jaguars Monday night football game in our room with his coworker Roberto. Roberto is a really good guy. He lives in El Paso, Texas. On Sunday I met a few other coworkers of Brogan's and man alive some of these oil field workers are CRAZY! They come from all walks of life that is for sure! A bunch of ex-druggies all the way down to good family men (like Roberto). Brogan spends 20 hours a day with these guys! Lol!