Looks like it's the beginning of the end for the war. A triumphant march into Baghdad? Maybe, but still... the looting and sporadic fighting aren't a great sign. *sigh*

One weird thing happened yesterday, while I was having lunch, that I forgot to mention. I was sitting on a bench outside the museum, gazing out at the ruins of the Roman Baths, when two people in white lab coats wheeled out a metal trolley. On this trolley was a large cardboard box. Then they brought out a ladder, and positioned it so that they could photograph into the box, from above. What was in this box? An Egyptian mummy, from Thebes. And then they brought out the mummy's head, which unfortunately seemed to have become detached, and took pictures of that. It looked like a deflated, perished leather football. Strange. :)

And today, although there were no mummies, was pretty good fun. My boss, the planning archaeologist, was there when I arrived. And he apologised for not turning up yesterday, so I don't think he minded that I went home early. What did I do today... well, I wrote up an Evaluation for that Garage in Evington. Then I learnt how to file all the reports I'd finished.

At 12 o'clock he had to meet a couple of people (one was on the Arts Council or something) out on site. It was the place that I visited a couple of weeks ago, at St Nicholas Circle. Next to the Noodle Bar. I don't know if I mentioned it or not. Anyway, they've taken the roof off of the Norman undercroft now, so you can see the surviving stonework inside. It's a shame that it's not in better condition, really - the Victorians took a photo of it and it had all its windows intact. The wall levels are much lower now. Although considering it was underneath a building, I suppose it's pretty good survival.

He said I could accompany him, so he gave me a flash jacket and hard hat and we walked over there. The Arts Council woman was amusing. She had some completely bizarre ideas about how artists could interpret the undercroft. My boss summed her up in this way: "If you said to her 2 + 2 = 4, she'd say, 'Yeah, it's somewhere between 3 and 5!!!!!', and you'd say, 'No, it's 4'." That amused me, anyway. :)

It was a fun tour. After that, I went back and had lunch. And in the afternoon... hmm, I wrote up that Tesco report. It's just about finished now. I seem to be a source of amusement because of the detail I go into. Although he did say that if he had the time they'd all be that detailed. So... good points and bad points, I suppose. ;)

We had some interesting discussions, too, about archaeology and related things. The time does seem to pass quickly, which must mean I'm enjoying it. I'm definitely learning things!

Goodnight then.

posted by Fiery Fred @ 10:10 PM