All Alone Am I

There is a song about that by Brenda Lee I believe? My situation is not quite the same as the meaning in that song. Usually I can communicate with Guy when he is gone but this time he has no phone service hardly at all. The bad part is he is only 32 miles outside of Midland.


Before this we could usually talk on phone or  text or even one time we sent messages on facebook. This time occasionally his phone will work for a  text. Never for calling. One time a guy that worked with him had a power booster and he used it to call me. He needs to get one of those. They also have air cards but only 5 GB for fifty dollars is not cheap.


Guy had been going into town when he is not working just so he could call me  but they put a stop to that too. They can't  go into town but every three or four days now. Today was one of those days. We spent two hours talking. The time goes so fast when we are having fun.


I am very grateful that we find lots of different ways to communicate or at least try too.  Used too it had to be very hard . If you couldn't get someone on the home phone you just had to wait. Of course we didn't know any better so it didn't really bother us either. Now you hardly ever see anyone without a cell phone. And land line phones are getting scarce. I still like to have one because I don't like to talk on my cell all the time. Most of the time it works out like that though.


It seems like to me on that job they treat the employees almost like prisoners. Guy works at night from 5:30 until 5:30 next morning. You would think the next twelve hours they could do what they wanted since they are not getting paid. But they can't. They have to stay there. Just go to town to get food and supplies every three to four days.


Guy says a lot of the guys have Sprint and there phone service is okay. I have never liked Sprint too much. I know in Sweetwater ATT works good. Most have power booster's too . He just has to get one and then we can talk.  This job will soon be over though and the next place might be okay. One never knows.


All I know is I don't like all this aloneness and no communication from him either. He has been able to text some tonight. Then thirty minutes later it might not work.   It has to get better though. Most  things do. That job will end soon....