Monday, 30 July 2012
Day 7: I'm above the grid
The rust was everywhere. I looked down Bob and as my hands and knees were still feeling so soar I felt a bit reluctant to get back in him. The good thing with troweling is once you start you get so caught up in it that nothing else matters. The morning was quiet and empty of finds and somewhat full of the revelations from the previous night's NEVER HAVE I EVER. It was after lunch that the interesting matters started coming out. I remember quite clearly that I was sieving the soil from Bob, my trench, when Jenna went suspiciously quiet for a bit and then jumped right out of her trench, hiding something in her palms. As my usual bossy self I wanted to see and started jumping around Jenna, the dwarf that I am compared to her, to try and see. She was however relentless and wouldn't let anyone else but Mark see her find first. To be honest I have never before seen Jenna so excited and emotionally involved and with an object at that- but no shame on her. It was a complete pipe, made out of clay, with production marks and names on it, and with a gazed light-green finish to it.
At that time it was my turn, honor and privilege to learn something new. I had to start properly recording my trench and a grid plan, or a bird's eye-view for the unenlightened, was the next agenda. As I am only an inexperienced first year I had Lily and Kate help me. Not only did they explain everything I needed to know in the best way, they also made me a blump-bob. This miracle of nature, and the swagger minds of the YOLO-team, was named Jason and he is now forever going to stay in the breast pocket of my blue waterproofs.
While all this was happening at trench A- mine and Jenna's trenches combined, Nick and Rosie ( part of team B) found another wall in their monster of a trench and soon after bits of a huge metal object became visible in the soil covering the steps to the Upper House's cellar. All in all this was a good day, but when I get to think about it they all turn out to be good anyways
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