Me, Myself and I

It is very difficult for me to post on my blog if I'm not telling about some sort of activity or event. Unlike those of celebrities (supposedly), the mundane details of my day to day life aren't that interesting. But I have a 9-5 desk job and I'm an introvert so you will have to be content with reading about my blase goings-on if I'm to post more than once a month. This is for those of you-Heather and Ashley- who complain about my infrequent posting.

Work
I'm currently inventorying some of our collections at the museum. For the most part, they consist of soil samples, groundstone (big ol' heavy, useless rocks) and pottery sherds. More recently we have been going through historical collections which have been a nice break from the dirt. We've stumbled across all kinds of interesting things like Karl G. Maeser's tea set, barbie dolls from the 50's, a magazine and license plate from 1926, and my personal favorite-"Ocean Wave" curling fluid (for your hair) from 1909. There are other fun things like one of those ancient phones that you have to crank, and a ridiculous collection consisting of Woody Woodpecker paraphernalia (creepy puppets, hats, stuffed animals, shot glasses, regular glasses, glass plates, etc.). As entertaining as this has been, I'm looking forward to next week when we start on Mesoamerican objects!

After Work
I do a variety of riveting activities when I get home from work. Eat, nap, whatever I want, really. But Tuesday evening, Heather picked out her favorite picture so now I can start designing her album art. I really love archaeology, but I miss art a lot. These little side projects are the perfect distraction. I only hope I can live up to her expectations!

A common post-work activity for me is reading. Surprise! Lately I have been on an archaeological/physical anthropology fiction kick. Right now I'm reading a delightful little mystery series by Elizabeth Peters about a witty young woman named Amelia Peabody. It's set in the Victorian era and her and her husband (the archaeologist) have all kinds of adventures in Egypt. I love, love them. Concurrently, I'm reading the Gideon Oliver mystery series. Gideon is physical anthropologist and he solves crime with his anatomical expertise.
Also, we've started listening to books on tape at work (inventory can be mentally taxing). This is probably the best thing that could have happened to me, ever. Is there such thing as over stimulation by books? I think not.

So that's it folks. Before I finish I want to announce that I'm.... sooo excited for Florida! I leave this Wednesday. Warm beach, delectable southern cookin', here I come. AND, I would like to give a shout out to Ashley and Ashton on this our 5 year anniversary. Go us for still being friends after 5 crazy years of college.
Okay get me outta here.