Anyways, today my square joined with
Brad’s square to take down a balk, and there were a ton of us, so I worked in
the Bro square instead, for the second time this week. It was a party. For
those of you who are wondering, the Bro square = Josh and Co. (Tony from
UNC, Austin from UNC, and Xander from Baylor), and it's absolutely swell. They are probably the coolest group of guys ever. After I found a couple of neat things in one of
their loci, they said I could be a Beta Rho (Omega - or Omicron?) with them, so that
obviously made my day. I never thought I'd be part of a frat. So right now it looks like we (and currently I am
identifying myself with the Bros) are excavating a storage closet or something,
based off of the stuff we’re finding. Oooh, also today I spent the whole time
before breakfast surveying with our surveyor, Jim, who wears short shorts, exclusively speaks in hilarious one-liners, and is generally a boss. I went all over the village area holding the Staff
of Ra for him to find from “his office,” as he calls the spot on the hill where
he keeps the surveying equipment. I don’t remember all the technical terms, so
please pardon my lack of specificity.
Yesterday we went on a field trip (which I don't think anyone knew about until breakfast yesterday morning) to Hippos/Sussita, where there were lots of cool things I'll remember later probably, and a goooorgeous view of the Sea of Galilee and the surrounding hills. I can't even explain how beautiful it was. Also, I don't have pictures because I didn't bring the camera, so that kinda sucks. But anyhow. That happened. Hmm, what else has happened the past few days...? Um. Not a whole lot, I don't think. I experienced the spring that's right near the site - the water was cold but absolutely still and clear. I didn't even realize there was water in it, looking into it from the top. That was nice. Also, I've discovered that walking back to the kibbutz from the site is way more fun than taking the bus - it isn't much longer of a walk from the site to the kibbutz than from the site to the bus, and overall it takes about 15 minutes less than riding, so there's time to shower before lunch. Also, I went with a few people to a (Lebanese?) restaurant and we had the best food in probably the entire world. We sat down at the table, and a basket of steaming hot pita and thousands of plates with sauces and vegetables and dips just showed up in front of us. We were told not to get full (although it was very tempting), because eventually our main courses came out. I don't know what they were, but they had chicken and one had pine nuts and one had a white sauce and they were both excellent. Then there was coffee outside, which was lovely and much better than American coffee. Ugghh, just thinking about the falafel is making me hungry again.
Tomorrow we head out for our big field trip to the Negev. There will be ~5 hours on the bus, lots of site visiting, CAMEL RIDES, and ~5 hours on the bus again. It is going to be nuts. I’m looking forward to it. Tomorrow will be a short day of work, and we won't work at all on Friday. I wonder if we'll do anything for Shabbat...maybe not, since we'll have spent the entire afternoon on a bus. We shall see.
I haven't gotten sunburned yet, so that's nice. However, I have more bruises than I can count, the makings of blisters and calluses on my hands, a cough that won't go away, dust in my hair that is stubbornly refusing to come out, and angry-looking scars on my foot from bashing it on a sharp underwater rock in Sachne. This dig seems to be designed to break down the weak, eager bodies of paper-writing/book-reading college students in order to build them into machines of warcraft/archaeological superiority/survival mode. I might even be able to beat people up now. Except...when everything in my body stops hurting. Maybe.
Tomorrow we head out for our big field trip to the Negev. There will be ~5 hours on the bus, lots of site visiting, CAMEL RIDES, and ~5 hours on the bus again. It is going to be nuts. I’m looking forward to it. Tomorrow will be a short day of work, and we won't work at all on Friday. I wonder if we'll do anything for Shabbat...maybe not, since we'll have spent the entire afternoon on a bus. We shall see.
I haven't gotten sunburned yet, so that's nice. However, I have more bruises than I can count, the makings of blisters and calluses on my hands, a cough that won't go away, dust in my hair that is stubbornly refusing to come out, and angry-looking scars on my foot from bashing it on a sharp underwater rock in Sachne. This dig seems to be designed to break down the weak, eager bodies of paper-writing/book-reading college students in order to build them into machines of warcraft/archaeological superiority/survival mode. I might even be able to beat people up now. Except...when everything in my body stops hurting. Maybe.
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