Compliment Day/Robert Burns Day/Irish Coffee Day/Zinfandel Festival (California)
2006-01-25 @ 7:44 p.m.

It rained in the wee hours of the morning, which was quite a harrowing experience because we didn't erect any shelter at this campsite. We were allowed to light fires for a while to generate some warmth once it'd stopped raining. Standing around the fire, I felt almost like a homeless person. Strangely enough, I didn't feel sorry for myself. If anything, the whole scene was really surreal. Don't ask me why, it just was. We didn't do anything today except dig, which has been one of the more tiring things we've done. Height is definitely not an advantage when it comes to digging shellscrapes and fire trenches. At least the ground had been softened by the rain, so the going wasn't too tough. We had fresh rations again, but like I've said before, they're way overrated. Going to sleep in my shellscrape tonight. I hope it won't be too uncomfortable. Just one more night to go through...