I'm becoming a groundhog

Archaeology is the greatest. And the Huqoq excavation is the greatest archaeology of all the archaeologies. This morning we had French toast. And Bailey and I went hard to the paint (to quote Joshua Pedrick) in our square. We closed a locus and opened a new one, and found something pretty crazy cool (at least, we thought so, and Jodi was excited, so that adds credibility to my enthusiasm). Digging is fun. I don't know how I expected to feel about crouching in the dirt and moving rocks and sifting soil, but I was surprised this morning by how much I was enjoying myself. Also, it is exhilarating to loosen and pull a giant rock out of the ground and realize you're stronger than you thought. (Also, being sweaty and grungy and absolutely disgusting and knowing that it's because you're a boss.) Granted, it would be a lot less enjoyable without the shade cloths and unlimited supply of water. Also, there was a lovely moment where I struck the wall of my square with a pickaxe, trying to dislodge a rock, and apparently hit a worm or a maggot, because it flew in pieces onto my face. That was one of the more unpleasant occurrences of the day. Still, the find in the corner of our square made up for it - I had just loosened a bunch of soil with a giant pickaxe, and Bailey was gathering it with a smaller pickaxe when he discovered something and called me over. I did most of the digging up, and as I unearthed more of it, we got excited and called Jocelyn over, who then called Jodi over, and we were hailed as heroes. Not really. But everyone thought it was cool.
Today I was on b-team. Breakfast squad, whatever you want to call it...basically I loaded food, prepared food, served food, cleaned up food, etc. Helping Shua make French toast was fun, and instructive because she told those of us on breakfast duty that in Israel, French toast is a savory dish, made with salt instead of eaten sweet. You learn something new every day. So, since I'd helped with breakfast and cleanup, I didn't get as much time in the square, which was sad. I wasn't ready to finish working when quitting time rolled around. Check back with me in a few weeks and see if I still say that, but for now....man this is fun.