Is this normal life!?

The last six months I spent sailing from Norway through Europe, Africa, Brasil and the Caribean and now I'm working. So how is life as a working man then?


This is how my first weeks have been:


first week: safetycourse to be able to go offshore
second week: working in office. Mostly just getting my office sorted out and my computers up and running how I want them to run.
Third week: went offshore to an oilrig-complex in the north sea named ekofisk. The largest out here, and if I'm not wrong one of the oldest. A normal day goes like this:
0600: wakeup-alarm rings
0630: breakfast (three pancakes with blueberryjam, bacon and, a glass of milk and one of orangejuice.)
0700: walks half a km to get to the place I'm working
0745: finnished with all forms I need to fill out and at the place I'm actually doing my work
1200: lunch (30 min)
1900: finishing work out on the platform and starting to get all the neccessary papers in order to get back for dinner.
1915ish: Dinner (30 min)
->2130ish: postprossesing of all the data I've collected during the day and backup (this part can take everything from an hr to several.)
2330: bedtime (if I'm finished with postprosessing)


fourth week: look third week
fifth week: I thought I was only allowed to be out 14 days... looks like 21 is the actual limit. I moved my flight from monday to friday. Five more days at sea.


So how is my scedule the coming weeks then?
sixth week: office
seventh week: offshore again, this time to Sleipner. They say the standard is better there. First trip where I'm fully responsible for the job. Second trip in total.
eight week: office until friday when it seems like I'm going back out offshore to finish a job.


It shure is a different life, being a working man.