Magazzino Vampire

Today started off much better than yesterday, even though I had a 5am rise again. My face was much less swollen and the hives on my arms had begun to fade. my legs may look grosser, but I figure they're radiating out before they go away.

I burnt my hand making coffee because we have to use camp coffee percolators on the stove in order to make enough coffee for 60 people in time. The percolators don't have good lids and if you fill them too much they can and will overflow. So I burnt my hive covered skin.

delightful

once breakfast was finished and the floors of the house were swept and mopped, the 6 of us trotted up to the magazzino.

the morning was spent dry brushing the previous day's finds and then cleaning out more boxes of finds from previous years that had collected dust and mold (and enormous spiders!) There were actually several huge spiders found today. Christina had the misfortune of organizing a box of catalogue cards which housed a spider with a 2 inch leg span. it was revolting, luckily as I pulled it out, Jason had a sandal at the ready to dispatch it. (sorry dude, but you were scary and moving way too fast for our liking)

after dry brushing and organizing cards, I was put on Jason's service to pull out particular ceramic spools from the boxes of finds from previous years. He and Tony are working on a project to do with reasons why some are decorated while others aren't. It is somewhat tedious work as not all the boxes are as organized as the first seemed, but as always it is super cool to dig through all that cool stuff.

we got our sexy dig t-shirts last night. they're super cool with an illustration of a bone inlay on the front and everyone's names on the back saying: Poggio Civitate 2010 Field Season 2615 Years in the Making. It is pretty deeply nerdy, I don't want to wear it here so it won't become filthy and sweaty like every other article of clothing, I'll have to save it for bragging rights when I get home.

I spent a little extra time at the mag after we finished work, looking through artifacts to collect info for this weeks assignment which asks us to consider the types of manufacturing which took place in the 6th and 7th centuries BC at the Workshop on the site. I have a bunch of articles to go over. and the assignment is due friday. we'll have a new paper to write each week which is nice since everyone is going to want the weekends off to go traipsing around.

I might go to the beach this weekend since we didn't make it after the Sienna trip last weekend. and then the week after I'm planning to go to Rome. I'm not sure who I'll go with since there are a lot of people going to Rome be all at different times. I'm sure I'll find a nice little group to go sightseeing with.

and now, since it is midnight and I must rise early yet again as I am banished to the mag this week to stay out of the sunlight so as to not aggravate my temperamental skin, I must to bed.

Julian made frittata for tomorrow's breakfast. I am in love with that man. everything he makes is heavenly. He bought fresh ricotta cheese from a farmer nearby and it was delicious. and we had pasta and roasted eggplant which was to die for. we eat gourmet food every day. I can't believe he feeds 5o people in such style! (also he is so charming and good looking meyoww!( jealous of his boyfriend))

I am excited to eat "something other than yoghurt and shitty croissants" as Juilan put it.

yummo