A Might Fortress is our Gat (to quote a famous mormon)

We are officially done with all the main digging for the season, :( sad (except for the extra work we'll be doing in area D on Sunday, but that doesn't really count). this last has been furious and crazy and my hands and arms are pretty much dead, love it! we finished with my small square,getting down to what is most probably the earliest Iron Age surface, next year they'll take it down to the LB floor, which i will be very sad to miss. In the next square over, where I did all the pick axeing (great fun!) we were able to get to the LB floor, that was exciting, and there's a very strong possibility it could be a cultic area! i am so excited to see the pictures at the end of the season. It's all been so wonderful! Did another double day, it's crazy how different the areas are, i was digging in the destruction level of haziel, basically vessels everywhere you walk. There was a whole corner of like 10 all clumped together including a petaled chalice, it was, to use the expression- איזה בלגן 'ezzeh baligon'!! It made me grateful for where I am working, but it was also pretty cool do be digging there on the side. For this weekend's stay i got upgraded on my room, that was pretty awesome. actually i don't really know how you get assigned a dorm room, but this one actually has a sink inside and the internet extends into it, don't know how i warranted it, but I'm not complaining. Last night I walked around some and did a little shopping near Jaffa, ended up getting a free date bread and water and talking with one of the food cart guys that was deaf and mute, that was interesting, and the one kid who was kinda helping to interpret kept getting shooed away by the old man, it was pretty funny, but don't worry i pretty got a new boyfriend out of it all :) I am getting a little better on my bargaining, i managed to get everything i wanted for less than half the starting price, except for one thing, i thought that was doing pretty good. Went to church today, it was great to have the students back, it was quiet without them, and i had had to go to regular sunday school. As every week, going to the center is wonderful, a totally different atmosphere and spirit that fills you for the week and reminds me of what's most important in life.