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It's been a good weekend
Aug. 5th, 2012 09:25 pm Saturday was mainly catching up on sleep (really should remember this "bed before midnight" idea during the week), and then going out with Dave (mmm) looking at possible new 3-piece suites with armchairs the right size for me and with leg supports such as are good for lymphodaemic legs. Yes, I am trying to remember to take leg problems seriously.
Then we had a meal out at Frankie and Bennys. We'd planned on Aroma, but it seems to have been demolished :( F&B new lighter menu is very nice indeed, but the atmosphere at 5pm on a Saturday requires ear-plugs :(
Today got off to a good start when I weighed myself and found I'd finally hit that 3-stone target I've been hovering just over for far too long.
I spent the day at the Norton dig again, this time on the Finds team. A lot of recording things, then swapped over to identifying things. OK, so how fast can I learn a totally new subject, in which I have no previous training or experience? Pretty fast, it seems. Yes, there were plenty of times when I was calling for expert advice, but so were others. I particularly liked the exchange that went
"I think it's real ceramic, not just CBM." (new jargon for the day - Ceramic Building Material i.e. tile or brick)
"But it's red. Did they have ceramic for eating in red?"
"Well, there was Samian ware, that was red, and shiny like this."
It was Samian.
Apparently I can prepare plastic bags with proper identification codes twice as fast as others, too.
I'll be back there in two weeks time, and that's the last day of the dig, and an open day.
Tonight, had a nice rabbit stew I'd made back in April and frozen, with added Real Organic Veg., and still have four points left even if I ignore the considerable number of exercise points, and the 45 weekly points I can still use before tomorrow morning. I can smell cheese on toast. I think I deserve a treat.
Then we had a meal out at Frankie and Bennys. We'd planned on Aroma, but it seems to have been demolished :( F&B new lighter menu is very nice indeed, but the atmosphere at 5pm on a Saturday requires ear-plugs :(
Today got off to a good start when I weighed myself and found I'd finally hit that 3-stone target I've been hovering just over for far too long.
I spent the day at the Norton dig again, this time on the Finds team. A lot of recording things, then swapped over to identifying things. OK, so how fast can I learn a totally new subject, in which I have no previous training or experience? Pretty fast, it seems. Yes, there were plenty of times when I was calling for expert advice, but so were others. I particularly liked the exchange that went
"I think it's real ceramic, not just CBM." (new jargon for the day - Ceramic Building Material i.e. tile or brick)
"But it's red. Did they have ceramic for eating in red?"
"Well, there was Samian ware, that was red, and shiny like this."
It was Samian.
Apparently I can prepare plastic bags with proper identification codes twice as fast as others, too.
I'll be back there in two weeks time, and that's the last day of the dig, and an open day.
Tonight, had a nice rabbit stew I'd made back in April and frozen, with added Real Organic Veg., and still have four points left even if I ignore the considerable number of exercise points, and the 45 weekly points I can still use before tomorrow morning. I can smell cheese on toast. I think I deserve a treat.