We just finished learning how to draw pottery. There are so many tools and steps for so little reward. Seriously, that's what digital camera's are for. Why can't archaeologist use technology?

Agh, bugs. There is not a single drop of water on Cyprus, where do all the mosquitos live?

Today it was too hot to work the whole 8 hours, so we spent two extra hours inside. The sick kids are getting better, and there were not dramatic fainting spells today. I was close to it though, running on 4 hours of sleep for 4 days in a row. Thank god tomorrow's Thursday.

I can hear the chilling wails circling the gym. Those little balls of fur and bone and flees. The stray cats are getting bolder, one climbed in through the bathroom window today. 5am surprise!

I need to sleep so that I can write in full sentences again.

Oh God a heat wave. It was over 110 degrees today when we went out to work, and everyone is getting sick  (not me). Only half of us were able to work today, so we got even less done than usual. We dig right next to a group of construction workers, who keep looking over at us wondering why we do the same job as them except for free. When I get home, I'm never getting out of the pool again. Seriously family, make sure it's clean by the time I get back. But I am getting tan, so that's nice. My hair is also gradually turning into hay, my hairdresser is going to kill me.

That is all.

Bad things: scorpions, tarantulas, land-mines, dust storms, tornados, vipers, BUG BITES!

Castle Colossi

This is Lain and I at the beach at Kourion. They didn't know how to make margarita's, but they still charged 5 Euro for them.

It's over 110 degrees today. It started to get hot around 530 this morning. Last week the average temperature was around 104, and that was unusually cool for this time of year. It's difficult to know the real temperature, because the weather stations are controlled by the government. My Cypriot friend Thea tells me, if the temperature is over a certain point, no one is required to go into work. And the government would hate to let anyone have a day off, so the temperature given by weather stations is almost always a lie. It's really hot right now, ugh.

Agios Sozomenos