Roasted Lindsey

It's getting ridiculously hot in Upper Egypt right now- we're reaching 103 or 104 F in the afternoons on site.  Of course we are all wearing pants and long sleeved shirts, which probably isn't helping with the heat, though is good for sun protection.  I've been feeling pretty bad towards the end of the day, especially since I've been mapping walls, which requires a lot of climbing up and down the tell in the sun all afternoon.  I was feeling really sick yesterday, and then today our inspector told me that she "hoped I napped" and that I "looked really ill" yesterday.  I think that's a nice way of saying I looked like crap.  I pretty much passed out in my bed as soon as I've showered after lunch, usually with my fan 3 inches from my body.  I've experienced worse heat in Egypt, but this is still rough.  My sunblock is just barely hanging on- I haven't burnt yet, but I am rather rapidly turning brown, despite layering sunscreen on twice a day.  I'm rockin' a fantastic farmer's tan already.  Not as awesome as Greg's of course.  Greg, who is the husband of the dig director and a sort of co-director, never wears sunscreen.

In other news, I mapped a tall silo and wall without falling and breaking anything, and my last two drawings have went over well with Nadine.  The wall and silo I mapped are on the right.  It's very strange, this big thick wall in the middle of a silo.  Our theory is that much later than the silo there was a structure built higher on the tell (which is now gone), and they sunk a very deep, thick foundation to stabilize the building.

Tomorrow, I will begin excavating a really neat area between a silo and town enclosure wall.  Since the area is full of gray ashy material, I'm probably going to get VERY dirty tomorrow.  I can't wait.