Change of plans

      So I know I had said Charles was supposed to be home on Friday the 18th well it is Wednesday the 23rd and he's still not home..... He won't be home till Friday November 1st now. I miss him terribly but I understand. his relief needed to stay onshore due to a family member being sick so Charles was going to be out there till Monday and then the family member passed away so that meant Charles would need to stay longer and it ended up being till November 1st so that everyone else would be on their the same rotation still. So when I finally see him I will not have seen him for 28 days...the good news is that as soon as he gets home we are  moving into our new home for the next year. Our perfect little rented studio apartment :) . The thing that stinks is the waiting to see Charles again ...but it will be SO worth it when he gets home again.

9 months

                    So today was Charles and mine 9 monthaversary. I know some of you may be thinking..............it's only 9 months why are you going on about it. Well because simply put not only is it 9 months with Charles....who is a wonderful man , who is the love of my life but every single milestone has been a big one because well people may say "Pfht yeah right" ...but it is the honest truth Charles has been my first foe everything ...And I find that incredibly wonderful because well ....I get to say he is my only love ....and that every single milestone a couple reaches....I only ever will be reaching them with him....that is something magical to me . So here's to all the days, weeks , months and years ....decades ..and much longer still to come. :)

 

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaack no I really am this time!

                Hi readers.....if I have any...lol I'm finally back after not blogging for a while. Charles is of course offshore right now and will be home next Friday for a week. That's right  for now he is working 14 days (more like 15 including travel in my mind) and then he is only off for 7 (more like 6) days at a time. Hopefully that will change soon because at the rate he is going I am sure he will break out soon which means he will be working 14/14 so while he will work 14 at a time he will also be off for 14 days. As I believe stating before I stopped  writing ...we were going to move into a nice apartment in Lafayette for his job it didn't work out and we are still in Metairie( which is in New Orleans to those who don't understand how that works) .... but we are going to be moving into a studio type apartment when he gets home as long as it all still works out which I am praying it will. Speaking of working I am trying to find a job as a Nanny ...I may have found one I'm just hoping they choose me..because it would be perfect for my schedule especially when Charles gets home each time so God willing I will get is....also hopefully a community theatre will hold auditions for a show I can be in soon because I miss the stage something horrible!!! Anyhow the new place...it will be small but really nice .....and I can have a cat...which I really hope that I could have my cat Georgie that I had to leave in Jacksonville over getting a new one but a kitty is a kitty and I adore cats! :) Anyhow sooooo yeah Tomorrow will mark a special day....it is Charles and mine 9 monthaversary that's right as of midnight we will be together for 9 months!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

                

13 HOURS

    Okay Kiddies let me tell you  a story....."Twas the night before an Oilman was going to come home and his girlfriend was so excited ......there was no way she was going to be able to sleep"


     Alright so that didn't sound as good as it could  have but it got my point across. I'm insanely excited because Charles is coming home tomorrow!!!!!!!!! EEeeeeeeeeeeeeep! After 17 whole days my precious, wonderful beloved boyfriend is coming home! Now if everything goes to plan the helicopter should be leaving the oil rig around 7:30-8:00 am , the ride to the heliport is about an hour and a half to two hours....And then the drive from the helipad is a little over an hour itself so.....in only a little over 12 maybe 13 hours or so he's gonna be HOME from his firIst hitch!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I should really go to bed now....but I'm not sure I will be able to sleep I'm SO excited!!!!!!!! :;D

Good News !!!!!!

        So it's been a few days since my last post. Not much has been happening....I've had a bad cold.....and a slight stomach bug. That's about it. But a few  days ago I finally got the news I was waiting for....Charles will be home Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Making his first hitch a total of 17 days! That was about 3 days longer than I was expecting so I'm SO glad he's coming home. Speaking of home we are going to be moving ! We have talked about it and while we had decided if it was possible we wanted to get an apartment so we would have our own place.. and while we definitely plan to move back to New Orleans especially when it comes to buying our first house but, we agreed for at least the next six months till Charles "breaks out " it would be best to move closer to the offices. So we are moving to Lafayette. It's a small town apparently but really this move will really allow us to spend more time together. Until Charles breaks out it's going to be crazy I have been prepped by being told until he breaks out when he's onshore they can call him into the office any day they want...well if that is the case he would be leaving me in NOLA driving down to the office and would stay at his moms overnight because of the drive meaning we would have less time together.But with us moving there if he gets called in to work in the office at least he will be able to come home to me for dinner. So at some point in the next month we will be moving but for now I'm just insanely excited that my beloved will be coming home!

What she doesn't understand......bad friend maybe?

            So it's only Charles third day offshore and already it feels like ages. Such is the life though and it's going to take getting used to. From what I have heard from Charles so far it seems he's really loving it out on the rig which is a great! I just wish I would be able to hear from him for   more than 5 minutes at a time. But the truth is this is about our future and since we are building our future and a good future then I can understand. I'm so happy that he finally has a job he actually loves because Charles deserves the best and he's a hard worker.....Now for a rant. First let me say Charles is my first boyfriend and I consider myself blessed because while I didn't date until him I have experienced every first with him and only will experience those things with him. Who else can say while they never even had a date to Prom that they found their soulmate in their very first relationship??? I wouldn't trade it for anything . Now that I've said that I can get to the point of my rant today...I posted on Charles facebook wall saying "Guess what.....I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" . Well when he finished his shift for the day and got to check his messages he commented back "  Well guess what......I LOVE YOU MORE".  Harmless right I  mean he's the love of my life and he's hundreds of miles away in the middle of the gulf  on his very first hitch...You  would assume friends especially BEST friends would be supportive right? Especially friends who have been so for years and know everything about your life.....well apparently because my "best friend" is sad about her current lack of a relationship .....she thought it okay to be a bitch and comment on the post saying shit about needing to "calm your tits with the love stuff". EXCUSE ME.....WHAT THE HELL?????????? This "best" friend was my housemate in Orlando( which I'll extend on that  later) was great for the most part till Charles came to visit me for a while and after that she would get pissy when she invited herself to go to the parks with us and Charles would hold my hand or kiss me on my cheek....I  mean she texted me saying I owed her an apology that night because I was being a horrible friend for not considering her feelings when all we were doing was holding hands....... I'm just ....I don't even I'll have to explain more about this friend in a blog of it's own but I guess tonight I just needed to rant because I feel like it is justifiable. Anyhow night everyone Hug and kiss your loved ones!

It's only the begining

         Hello all I'm Mandie and I am absolutely head over heels in love with my boyfriend Charles, who is in fact an oilfield man. First let me say I am a 22 year old Florida girl born and raised. Charles is a 28 year old Louisiana native. We met back in 2011 in my hometown of Jacksonville and you could say it was love at first sight....Except it took him moving back to New Orleans, Louisiana and many conversations till January 12th 2013 for us finally begin  dating which at  first had to start out long distance, to Orlando . But as one thing lead to another as I will explain in detail another time I left the state I knew my entire life in June to move to New Orleans to be with my love which leads to the reason for my post today. Today is July 12th 2013 which marks the half year anniversary of our relationship and I couldn't be happier. The only thing about today is that Charles couldn't spend it with me . Why you ask ???? Because my boyfriend is an oilman meaning he works for the oil company Halliburton. His job is an incredibly important and he is just at the beginning of his career in the oilfield.So much so that he just finished a few weeks of training which brings me to why he wasn't able to be with me today...because *drumroll please * He was sent off on his first hitch early this morning. Yes I was disappointed not just because of us not getting to spend our half year anniversary together but because my "dads" (YES I have two daddies as I'll explain later) came into town from Kansas City to meet him and they don't get to....But despite shedding a few tears because my love has gone offshore for the first time I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Proud of him. We are building our future together, and he should be back home to me in about two weeks. We can keep in touch via email and special quick little phone calls when he's gone and I know he'll always return to me. I can feel his love even though he's a good many miles away but we are together in heart and spirit and he will be back to me each and every time he goes offshore.Our love is one for the ages ....written in the stars. I am an "Oilman's Girl" and welcome to my blog about my life and my love with my Oilman Charles!