Remember that one time when I was excited to go to field school... yeah that was silly of me. Today is my breakdown day, which means I have been overwhelmed and just want to cry. I actually have been randomly tearing up and chugging water all day to stop myself. Apparently I am overdue for a really good cry.
anyway why am I so upset? well here is what happened. Today we have been in the lab all day long. The lab is windowless with super cold AC for the remains and so it doesn't get gross and hot. So I'm freezing my butt off all day long with no signs of life just bones in front of me. I am freaking out because I am completely lost trying to start my first lab and study for my bone quiz that is tomorrow morning. I am really far behind everyone else and although we are broken up into Beginner (me) intermediate and advanced I still feel like I lack a lot of knowledge. This has however lead me to want to make Wooster add at least a Bioarchaeology course. Anyway it makes me feel really dumb and it is very frustrating.
I feel better now thanks to Paul, my mom and Katie, whom I called (Paul I have been texting}. So I think this evening will go better for my brain and emotions even though I have to lock myself up for another 2 hours and hardcore study.
You see these quizzes are going to be really hard. No word lists or anything. we are identifying bone FRAGMENTS and have to come up with everything on our own and I have forgotten a lot of my physical anthropology. Granted this quiz is on 3 bones but we need to know left from right and know them is fragmented form. Its going to be a challenge here to say the least. Oh and the quizzes are cumulative which I hate but I guess it will make me retain it better.
ok enough of my bitching. So fun facts. The place is flooded we are right along the river which is flooded so that's fun. We cross a ferry to go anywhere, breakfast and dinner. speaking of we eat at this ladies house who is amazing she had the most kick ass house ever (I think it is her house) with the best view. THE BEST! They have a chimpanzee there Crazy! Yesterday we went out to the site where the field students work... it's a mound site in the middle of a corn field so it doesn't look all the impressive. My two roommates are both in the field program so I never really see them. which is good I guess because I wont get sick of them. their names are Shantele (she rocks) and Monica (she laughs a lot).
Almost everyone in the Bioarchaeology program are girls we have one guy. The field program has 4 guys.
so yeah. I don't remember what else I was going to tell you about this place. Very little cell reception. apparently all the kids go up on the hill to the cemitary to hang out (good cell reception there) I think this weekend I will venture up there. The people at the bar across the street are nice. They let us use their WiFi. I'm working on getting photos up. I think I will do that on the weekend when I go to Louie's and am sitting eating some food.
So yeah. I think i have made it though mental breakdown number one and have learned that i will never transfer because this must be what it feels like and it sucks.
Stay Tuned!
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