I do research for an oil broker, and we work for clients that want to find out what kind of minerals are available, who has them and how to get a hold of them.
I've been doing it for about a year. I was a chef in Hawaii and had a salsa business out there, and I took a break from doing that to do something a little different.
I've mainly done Wyoming and Kansas. I worked out of probably eight different courthouses in the two states, and they're all a little different. You do run into some of the same people in different parts -- here in Kansas we've run into a lot of the same people who were in Dodge City [in Kansas] so that's neat. And those friendships that you've developed over there you kind of pick back up where you left off. But there are a lot of new faces all the time, too.
[Moving] is just part of the job. You just have to be willing to do that. Sometimes it's kind of a bummer -- like if you've got plans in store. When I was in Wyoming, I was looking forward to whitewater rafting [this month] and going up to Canada and seeing some places I hadn't got a chance to see.
Recently, I bought a plane ticket for San Francisco, then two days later I was moved to a different part of the state and had to drive across the state to get to the plane. But that's kinda part of what you deal with. And it's fun.
Quiet Kansas farm towns are quickly transforming into energy boomtowns along the southern border of the state more attractive.
