Flaaaaaaange

Yesterday was a good last Monday on the site. I’m in Fredrik’s trench this week which is nice, I don’t know him very well but I’m glad to get the chance to. I’m hoping he’ll sing for us – he has the most heavenly voice I have ever heard. When he sings anything - the Swedish national anthem, a church canto or the word ‘flange’ in the trench it is beautifully breathtaking.

The weather has changed again and it is once again 30-40 degrees during the day. It was weird to work in the heat again after the cold snap. I was exhausted and sweaty early in the day. And I’m back to drinking 3 or 4 litres of water in a day rather than barely 1.

Fred’s trench had a rock feature on one side and the other is bafflingly still clay. We’ve dug down about a meter and still haven’t hit sterile galestra soil. Even though trenches that are 2 meters away have hit sterile soil only 30cm down. We’ve been finding small and medium sized chunks of terracotta and some pottery so there is something going on in the trench but we’re not exactly sure what.

I spent a couple lovely hours drinking wine and chatting with Julian’s mother on Monday. I want to take Owen, Julian and his mom home in my pocket – I adore them all.

Today was a great day on the hill. Freddy’s trench is just as weird as before, we’re still pick axing through clay like soil and we’re over 2 metres below datum. But today I found my first special find! I found a fragment of a terracotta frieze plaque from an Etruscan building. It was pretty exciting especially since Fredrik thought that we weren’t going to find anything else in the trench. Then later in the day Luke found another frieze plaque fragment even deeper in the trench. So it is a pretty strange trench that we’re digging nobody really has any idea what it means.

I’m supposed to have Mag duty tomorrow but I’m going to try and find someone who will work in my place so I can go to help on the hill. I enjoy the Mag, but I’ve had 5 days more working there than anyone else because of my hives so I’d prefer to spend time on the hill especially now that we’re finding stuff in a trench that I’m in. Plus since it is the last week there is a lot to get done in a small amount of time so I’m sure they’ll take any help that they can get.

Yay! Freddy talked to Jason and just told me that I’m allowed to come up to the hill tomorrow and help after I finish my Mag duties. Loving him right now!

I need to go do some reading for the final paper we have to write this week. I want to get it finished tonight so I have time to hang out and party in the last couple days. Tomorrow there is a staff vs. students soccer game which is bound to be a lot of fun!