Wanderlust

The itch struck me again...

So I'm off into the blue yonder once more. Quit my job in Missouri and am sending out my CV, hopefully I'll get a gig in Indiana that a buddy sent my way.

Apparently this sort of lifestyle is "so freaking weird." I dunno, it seems pretty normal to me. I just go where the work is, moving whenever I feel antsy, bored, superfluous, or just want a change of scenery. Can't everyone do that?

Well, no. I understand that, and I'm very grateful that I do have this sort of freedom. But on the other hand, it just seems very natural. Because of all the rain the project in Missouri is trickling on, but there isn't really enough work to keep all 18 of us occupied. They hired a massive crew trying to knock out 3 sites on a certain Billy Shepard's field by April first...the idea being to pile bodies on to meet a stupid deadline he imposed (he isn't too keen on the pipeline, and us, being on his property). It would have worked too...if it weren't for those meddling kids...rainstorms. I meant rainstorms. We lost so many units due to rain, put on hold or actually ruined, that we've got at least another week on his property waiting for them to dry out...but we've only been able to work on one or two pits at a time, which means 10 people or so standing around trying to do a 2-4 person job.

Blech, it's just so frustrating. The cold and wet don't help...but it's the useless puttering around, busy work, the total inefficiency that started my wandering itch this time. Paul's email came just as it started to get bad, so I've leaped at the chance and walked away, hoping once more I'll land on a good gig.

There's good work to be done out there, and I want to do as much of it as I can, see as many places...artifacts...cultures as possible, do as much archaeology as I can. I figure I've only got 50 years or so left (1/3 of my time is gone!) no sense in wasting time, right? Some people want families, and that's awesome. I'm serious, despite all my sarcastic comments to the contrary. If that's what will fulfill you, make you happy, scratch your brain...by all means do it. That just isn't my shtick, I need to explore, figure out what's going on out there. So I'm going to. I'm taking a week or so to regroup, resupply and clean my equipment, then head on out. It's amazing how fast time goes...and how much left there is to do.