so i am sad to admit that it is beginning to feel like fall. i took colt out yesterday and it was windy and drizzling and yellow fallen leaves had made their way to the ground to swirl up into piles or float within puddles. in new york this would be my favorite time of year. we would take road trips up the coast where i could really appreciate new england and i would get to break out my peacoat (for some reason it doesn't feel the same wearing it here). the summer has come and gone and i have done a terrible job blogging. it is not my fault.. really. i spent it doing research for my thesis, working on an archaeology project in yakutat, and going to weddings and seeing all my favorite people. so i think it's ok if i've neglected the blog.

OH fieldwork! i think i really needed it this summer even if i didn't like not being able to talk to my favorite people for a month as i was sans service. i think i needed to be reminded that YES actually i do love archaeology and this is still what i would like to do with my life, that i haven't changed my mind when i made it up when i was 12 after watching a national geographic special on the incas. graduate school really has a way of making you feel miserable. i am not trying to be dramatic... but there is a kind of all-consuming pressure that looms over you as you sit in class, speak with professors, write papers, present your work. the first year i felt the only thing i was learning was how to feel inadequate... everyone seemed so much smarter, more engaged, read articles in their free time! and here i am thinking... why would i spend my free time reading articles when i could be watching vhi and playing wii? this is the start of my third year in the program !!! and you know... i feel pretty good. i am done with classes. one bibliography is written and another will be done by the end of fall. my prospectus is halfway written (thanks IRB for having me submit a proposal) and i get to spend next summer doing what i love best... going to archaeology culture camps! anyway this is way more than i would like to read as a blog reader so i will stop. but here are a few pictures of my summer fieldwork adventures. until next time.