Christmas in the arctic...

It's cold outside, the wind is blowing, snow is drifting on the roads and I am working. The world is right where it needs to be and it is going to be all right.
Stuck (voluntarily) in the northern oilfields for Christmas makes a person appreciate the world around them and the one that is further away (family). I deserve none of the friends that keep me sane, or the family that is waiting for me to return in a week, but that is what was given to me. I am thankful for all of it.
The wirld is a better place today and we are all better people. My hope is that it continues past the holiday, even if it is only a minutiae of the way it is now. Merry Christmas.

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