Headed back down to Greenwood to continue working on our cemetery project this week. Have a lot to get done down there and not a lot of time to do it in. And we didn't get as much done this week as was hoped for. But, gonna back up to last weekend before getting into that.
Spent some time last Saturday hanging out with the geek squad (as some of us often refer to ourselves) for a while. Figured it might be the last chance I'd get to do that for a while since I'm gonna be out on the road quite a bit over the next few months. Took my camera along to mark the occasion. You've seen most of these people before already but what the hey ... since I have the photos I might as well post some of them.
Here's Misty dutifully (Or should that be "excessively anally" since we were supposed to be relaxing that night?!) prepping for her GRE exam (one of the many requirements needed for graduate school).
Spent some time last Saturday hanging out with the geek squad (as some of us often refer to ourselves) for a while. Figured it might be the last chance I'd get to do that for a while since I'm gonna be out on the road quite a bit over the next few months. Took my camera along to mark the occasion. You've seen most of these people before already but what the hey ... since I have the photos I might as well post some of them.
Here's Misty dutifully (Or should that be "excessively anally" since we were supposed to be relaxing that night?!) prepping for her GRE exam (one of the many requirements needed for graduate school).
And, of course, there's Adrienne, whose home we were hanging out at ...
And then there was Sharon and my roommate Shelley (on the right) ...
And introducing Sara, our resident geneticist-to-be, who I don't believe I've posted a photo of here before ...
At one point in the night Sara commandeered my camera and snuck in this shot of myself and Shelley ...
... and she also created this wonderful self-portrait which I promised would find its way onto the internet. So here ya go Sara, so at least a small portion of the World Wide Web can see you at your best ... lol
Okay, enuff of that ... back to Greenwood.
First of all, let me reiterate that there will be no photos posted (or taken for that matter) regarding the rest of this project. Given its sensitive nature, photos have been prohibited.
Here's the situation as it stands right now. Out of 18 burials which need to be removed for relocation we have completed only 2 with another 2 in progress. Kinda puts us behind schedule since we are to have this done in another 2 weeks. So, either we're going to have to pick up the pace somehow, call in more people to help, or extend the deadline. I suspect it'll be a combination of all the above. A few of the students went down over this weekend so maybe they made some headway. And I know 2 more are gonna put in a couple of days next week which will also help. Don't know if that'll be enough though. Essentially we have 16 burials yet to complete with only 10 working days to get them done in. Its possible, maybe, that we'll need to work straight through next weekend to make up some time. Which would be kinda cool actually (to me at least) since that would have us working in the cemetery for Halloween!
Here's the situation as it stands right now. Out of 18 burials which need to be removed for relocation we have completed only 2 with another 2 in progress. Kinda puts us behind schedule since we are to have this done in another 2 weeks. So, either we're going to have to pick up the pace somehow, call in more people to help, or extend the deadline. I suspect it'll be a combination of all the above. A few of the students went down over this weekend so maybe they made some headway. And I know 2 more are gonna put in a couple of days next week which will also help. Don't know if that'll be enough though. Essentially we have 16 burials yet to complete with only 10 working days to get them done in. Its possible, maybe, that we'll need to work straight through next weekend to make up some time. Which would be kinda cool actually (to me at least) since that would have us working in the cemetery for Halloween!
Regardless, in 3 weeks I'll be moving on to the Santa Claus project. That is scheduled to last for the following 4-6 weeks. Supposedly there will be a couple of smaller projects for Gray & Pape immediately following that but don't have any details yet.
Will need to start looking at options again around mid-November, in order to keep my calendar full. Lacking other alternatives, there is a project starting up soon in Virginia; a 17,000-acre survey project slated to last 8 months. Will keep that one mind as a possibility ...
And, as a teaser to end this post with, I may be offered a permanent position managing an archaeology lab; a position which I would move into next fall. The current lab manager may be leaving then and I'm told I'm being viewed as his replacement if/when that happens. Lots of pros and cons to taking that position but there is plenty of time yet to mull it over. And a lot can (and probably will) happen between now and then. We shall see ...
Later!
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