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So what is the perfect way to counter a bad cold? Well...whatever it is...I did the exact OPPOSITE...and by that I mean I worked for 10 hours on a day of a sand storm. Don't ask me by what rational decision we weren't shut down....but we weren't. Instead I swallowed bucketloads of sand as the pyramids disappeared completely from view- now there's a wonder...not how the Great Pyramid was constructed...but how a day of haze and high winds can obscure it completely.

Despite the fact that I had to work through a sand storm, the day was pretty good. I got to do nothing but excavation. Proudly I approached my pottery/ash rich room fill deposit and proclaimed, "Let's Kadum this Bitch." Kadum is arabic for hatchet. And I tore away at it with my Kadum, pick axe, and trowel.

I worked hard and got filthy. Definitely the dirtiest I've ever been after digging away through the storm. My hair was completely beige by lunch.

Today though, i did tarnish my tough and cynical reputation. Now...to stray a bit from modesty...I know I have a certain pool of talents. But there is one talent in particular, that I keep as my hidden gem. I don't do it on command...only when the time is right. And it is a rarity. You may not even know despite the fact that you know me very well. But the truth of the matter is...I can do voices. Obnoxious "did that really just come out of your mouth" voices...alvin and the chipmunk paar voices. This is what we are talking about. In the middle of my dig I stood up and said something, to which my colleague Amanda said, "Oh shut your munkchin little face." And I shouted, "MUNCHKIN LITTLE FACE?" Then I froze, bent my knees, and proceeded to sing "We Represent the Lollipop Guild" in my best munchkin voice along with full scale munchkin dance moves taken straight from the Wizard of Oz. Egyptian and International Crew Abound erupted with laughter, particularly when we took notice to the tourists that had stopped at the fence and seen the entire thing....yes,,,I was the ambassador of professionalism, standing mid excavation singing and dancing like a Munchkin of Oz.

So I went from serious, workaholic cynic...to merry little singer and jigger on site.

I don't really know why...I really was not aware that I had everyone's attention, or that I would attract attention...but I was pretty slap happy since my cough woke me up at 4:30 am and I had been up ever since.

So now everyone knows my secret....I'm silly at heart.

Damn.

But I still Kadum'd the hell out of that bitch...