I've been getting lots of work done lately...the idea is to spend a LOT of time working now, so when I go home for Thanksgiving my stress levels are low and I don't have to spend all my time working. I've made great progress.

My Danish classes have been going great lately... I honestly think I'm better at Danish now than I am at Spanish or Italian. And that's really exciting for me, because I honestly enjoy the Danish language a bit more...it's so much fun to speak. And Danes are fun people to talk to anyways...they're usually really fun and happy! When speaking Danish to a Dane, there will inevitably be lots of laughing, because the non-native speaker(me) will have difficulty pronouncing a word, and then it sounds even sillier than it does when pronounced correctly.

Every Monday and Friday, the days I have my Danish class, my teacher, my classmate and I probably laugh just as much as we speak. Good times are had by all.

I'm a coordinator for NLVS, New Live Volunteering Society, an organization at Yale solely dedicated to working with veterans in the community. I am in the process of spearheading a new program with the West Haven VA Hospital/ psychiatric ward that would pair students up with veterans in a monitored environment (not by themselves) as workout accountability buddies. I've had quite a bit of interest from lots of students and from the West Haven VA Hospital. There are lots of young male and female veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq that would love to have a workout partner, and same with students here. It's a win-win...it helps the veterans re-integrate into society, and both parties have a bit more accountability when it comes to exercising.
I'm really excited about the prospects of this program.

I was going to head into New York City this past weekend to get away for a day, but I was just so bogged down with work. Maybe I'll be able to take some time and head down there for a day once I'm back up here in January.

It won't be long until I'm back home for Thanksgiving!