I normally don't post news here, but...

http://education.guardian.co.uk/obituary/story/0,,2082786,00.html
( Mary Douglas Dies at age 86 )

She was the world's leading expert on purity. I probably wouldn't have been able to write my thesis if it were not for her research. And now she's dead, which is sad because I would have loved to meet her.

Less panicking.

Finding places to stay:
Monday night
Tuesday night and Wednesday day(Shavuot)- joining AP at this Israeli professor's house, somewhere else in Jerusalem.
Wednesday night and Thursday night
Shabbat and Saturday night
10 days at the end of my trip (I get to stay with my cousins on their awesome kibbutz. I might even be able to go to Eilat, or do the desert hikes, since I'm all outdoorsy now that I'm an archaeologist.)

So this is a lot less bad than it previously was. But still not 100% set yet...

Here's to hoping that things work themselves out at the last minute, and to Hobbity skills of logistics.