visingsö
saturday, when these open doors were open ended. today is actually like any ol' saturday because our day off has been moved to tomorrow, sunday. i guess this week will end like a normal week and i'll have this summer's first real 'case of the mondays.' i'm starting to get so excited about going home - this summer has been amazing but i am ready for the fall. all of my reservations about being a fifth year senior seem like a distant memory. this net year is going to be incredibly busy, but i've never been so excited about any given twelve-month span as i am about this coming one. my past has been riddled with misgivings and anxieties, worries about the whispers behind keystrokes and closed doors. even if the muttering still exists, i have certainty for the first time that i can remember - i know that i will be doing the exact right thing at the exact right time - no doubts or second guessing. i've never been so sure of anything before. there are times that i still have trouble facing my past, but who doesn't? i've lived more than i should have, but everything has led me to where i am, right where i want to be, so i guess i can't really fault myself. i'm so glad that things have worked out the way they have, past aside; it is such a relief to see the pieces fall into place. woke up this morning feeling a little ill and all of the farm was shrouded in mist. everywhere i turned, i saw drops of water lining spider webs in eerily beautiful strands of dewy pearls. not a bad way to start the morning.
i thought that we were going to have a rain day on account of the fog, but it never actually rained so we went to work despite the poor visibility and since of foreboding. tina is a little frantic about finishing now that the ersdays left on the island are numbered, so we set off and tried to blow through as many holes as possible. since we still have a good deal of sampling left along with a ton of backlogged chemistry and data entry, there is no chance of getting any excavation experience this time around. i guess next summer i really just need to try to find a field school to work at, or something. let's just hope that there is still enough time here in visingsö to get my pottery sherds. long lunch and i caught up on editing photos and typing up my blogs while watching an episode of true blood season one. came back around 4:30 and a long day of work left me invigorated, not exhausted like yesterday. attached a basket to my bike, took my water and my ipod, turned on believers never die and headed out for tunnerstad - the center of the island. i took the forest road all the way to brahe church, near the harbor, and then took the main road up to the intersection near the coop nara. stopped by oberg's kafe on the way to take pictures of the antique cars and headed back down the western road. all in all, it only took about thirty minutes and i felt great - that is definitely going to become my daily ritual. let's hope that the weather holds out tomorrow. tina moved our day off because there are supposed to be scattered showers tomorrow, but i'm hoping it will be nice enough to venture out. came back, had coffee and then made stir fried vegetables with sesame nuggets in mushroom soy. added photos to my blogs and talked to my dad for a few minutes. now, more true blood and then reading euripides. oh, and jess brought us cute little pastries for desert! i can't wait to return the favor tomorrow when katie and i (hopefully) bike around the island.
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