Magical World

I've started to realize that not everyone would think that my career-path is the most exciting or desirable. Shocking, people having their own opinions, would never have guessed.
Study->Work->More Study & Work
Some folk don't enjoy learning. Some folk don't enjoy being outside. Or exercise. Or discovery. And and and. This idea just seems crazy to me because I do enjoy it. An excuse to be paid for being outside most of the day? Flexible schedules, the ability to choose the site that interests you, possibly manage your own site?
While I've been working on the Stone Street dig with the good people from the Ziibiwing this summer, I've been keeping up with some of my Anthro-Archaeology friends who've ventured further abroad. Konieczny and Resowski, for example, have just gotten back from the biblical city of Sha'arayim, currently Khirbet Qeiyafa in Israel.
Just tell me that doesn't get your blood going!

Perhaps some day, (maybe even some day soon!) my path will change and I'll reach towards a more settled goal. One with less stiff muscles and sore knees at the end of the day and more... waxing philosophical in an arm chair with a bubble pipe.
There's not enough restless in my soul to remain a pot hunter for the rest of my life. There's determination in spades, but I know enough to keep my eyes out for opportunities. I'll try to keep the last phrase of Calvin and Hobbes in my head:

"It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!"