Greetings from New Haven, Connecticut!

Well, I've tried to resist it for many days now, but I can't help it anymore. I have to come out and say it..."I'm ready to go home!" I love this traveling business, but after awhile I'm just ready to go home. Today marks day 31 on the road. One week from today I will be making a mad dash back home to Oxford. I'm so excited. If I was able to stay at a Holiday Inn everywhere I go, I would be fine, but I've been sleeping on the most uncomfortable futon the past 5 nights. Last night I could not fall asleeep. There's little worse than sleeping on an uncomfortable futon, but then when you toss and turn on it---god help me!

I was excited to see that I only have 14 travel days in November. So after I get through this week, it is all down hill for the semester. One thing has become very apparent to me in the past few days: This is not a job, it is your life. This job is completely in sync with every facet of your life. If I am sick and not feeling well it I can't escape the work that I do or "get away" and relax. If I want to have a nice day off and do nothing accept lounge around my house--I can't! Because I'm either in Connecticut or Maine or Canada. Instead my days off are spent traveling to the next chapter visit and praying that I can find a laundromat that is still open at 10pm.

Oh well..so is life. I'm having a good day. I'm enjoying Yale's beautiful campus and getting a lot of work done. I hope you are all having a great day!

-T