Thursday Hats and the Wisbeys Visit Umayri

Apparently many of our crew stayed up watching the World Cup last night. The general pace seemed slower all over the tall. Ken and Graeme dragged in around midnight, but managed to keep moving, which is more than I can say for the workers in my square. With Petra in mind, work still got done.

Matt boasted Spain's victory over Germany by wearing a colorful hat over his keffiyah (corrected spelling). This served as inspiration for my photo series at the site today. Also inspiring: Deanna, Randal and Alex Wisbey visiting the site. Justin missed them at lunch yesterday and happily hugged Deanna and Randal. "It's so good to see someone from home!" she said.

Pottery washing Wednesday was ridiculous!! A few people started right after lunch at 2:00 rather than the official start time of 4:00, but even so a group of us scrubbed away until 6:00. Mohammad, the steward, came out to see why next to no one was coming in for supper. He sat down and helped. Doug Clark joined in for a few minutes and Matt Vincent got his hands wet. When the job was done, we all went to the cafeteria. Today, the pottery was washed well before supper hour. A good day.

Now I'm watching Graeme strike lithics. Nikki gave a presentation and followed with a demonstration of how stone tools were likely made. Wish I had my camera, but it's charging for the big trip starting tomorrow!