Living on the Road

I am now officially a "road whore".  OMG.....does that sound bad or what??  What I mean by that is, I now have a job that forces me to travel.  A lot.  And I love it.

It all started when my husband came home and told me that a guy at work was starting a school for Radiation Protection Technicians.   I would learn the job, get a job, and be able to travel with him for the Nuclear Power Plant outages.  I jumped at the chance.  Where else could I go to school for two months and have a job that makes enough money in the spring and fall of each year that I would be able to take off work and spend summers and the holidays with the kids??

My first job was at the power plant in Nebraska.  The one my husband had been working in since September of last year.  I learned a lot at that job but I wanted to learn more at other plants.  So I accepted a job in New Jersey.  Different place altogether.....and not just the difference in the way these power plants operate.

Most of my life, I've lived in the south, worked in the south, and have become accustomed to hearing southern accents.  In Nebraska, there is a large amount of southerners working at the power plant.  In New Jersey, however, I feel like I have been thrown into an episode of "The Sopranos".  "Yo, where you from?"

OK....so it's not really that bad.....there is one girl here from south Georgia.  And I'm not really sure if her accent is really that thick, or if I've become unused to hearing it.  Whatever the case may be, she sure does stick out in a conversation.  And I used to think my slight southern twang was bad.

I hope I can get my husband to come up here in the fall to work.......his accent would be noticed.  LOL

Well......I'm looking forward to being home for the summer.....and can't wait to see what lies ahead for the fall.  Us "Road Whores" will be back on the road again.