Currently working on what I have deemed to be the hardest part of the thesis... ok, it's true, if I'm writing here, I'm definitely not working on the thesis. But I digress.

Artifact Analysis! Eek. It just makes me feel so unqualified. For every bottle I've identified, there's like a thousand sherds that perplex me and one mystery thing that just haunts me at night (yeah, I should probably go into a different career path if I can't even leave my work at the door). I wasn't even man enough to properly get to the grit of the metal analysis. Too many scary wires and strange weird tubes. I just used previous researchers work as a crutch and I'll take pictures of obvious things I can identify and feel pleased.

I'll say to myself--and get reassurance from others--don't worry about it! It's just your undergraduate thesis! And, I'm sure in like 10-20 years, this will be true. But now, I really do need to treat this as if it's my defining work... because I guess, erm, it really is.

Ah, I do love carrying around copies of "Good Housekeeping" from 1954 for plane reading. It's just so much more substantial than "US Weekly." Still think it smells strangly of my grandmother, which is incredibly unsettling.