Oh my gosh, I'm a bit behind...so after the move I've determined that I have waaay too many books, which sucks, but I love them all still. I moved my entire life into a tiny trailer that is now jam packed with all of my special memories and belongings, many movies and tons of clothes, and it is going to be my home for a long time.
Other than the move I've been super busy with school and my blooming persona as an archaeologist. I recently (April 15-16) spoke at the State of Jefferson conference in Arcata, California about a student's perspective on professional archaeology, so all of the work that I have done while at Britt, and it was an amazing trip. Only a handfull of us from SOULA went, and it was a perfect sized group to keep us all close and yet allow us to converse with archaeologists from other locations and get our names out there. The presentation was fantastic and even though I was super nervous, it felt amazing to speak to a group of people who were genuinely interested in what I had been doing. While this was a professional conference trip, the three of us students did go out of the town and bonded as college kids do...had a couple beers, mingled with the locals, and called it a night by like 11pm...yep, I'm a sissy.
This spring I will be giving another presentation, this one for graduation. It will include more work from Britt regarding a local family and some of their pottery that we have been finding, and while it's still intimidating, it will be to a much more relaxed group so I should be okay (I hope).
Lastly in line for my archaeology doings this term, I will be receiving the AAUW Outstanding Woman in Archaeology award at SOU, so that's pretty cool. I have no idea how that all worked out, but I'm pretty sure it was limited selection seeing as I'm the only female archaeologist graduating this spring!! Cheeeaaaater!! But I'll still take it.
So, back to homework, back to classes, back to work, and any other kinds of things I can find to cause my brain to fry for the next couple months!
