Dientes

Dulce Mateo durmió anoche. Él está aún enfermo, pero estoy contento. Tambien, yo pienso él tiene uno o dos dientes nuevos. Pobre bebé.

So tired

I'm sooooo tired today. Matthew didn't sleep well last night and we're both dragging today. Don't want to get off the couch. Should be taking a nap, but it's too close to pick-up time (Robert) and there are four men working very noisily in the crawlspace right now (Radon mitigation).

I had a dream last night that I was applying for some sort of permit and my chances of securing said permit would increase greatly if I could apply as a "native" Spanish-speaker. Foolishly, I decided to attempt it. I had to "prove" my Spanish fluency in a conversational interview. It was a disaster, but I remember keeping my cool and asking "una vez, por favor?"...once again, please?

I'm really enjoying this new adventure into another language. Duolingo is fun, but its approach to conjugation and grammar isn't quite my style. I've been supplementing with textbooks and other language resources. Duolingo lacks a verbal/conversational component. I crave conversation that will force me to work through the language in "real time". Right now, I'm afraid to speak it because I don't want to make a mistake...and I feel like I don't know enough to sustain any sort of conversation. But I must, right? Even if I sound like a 3-year-old, I should be able to communicate a little. Maybe I could write it instead. Maybe even here on the blog? If I can just figure out a quick way to put accented letters into the text...

Hoy, yo estoy muy fatigue. Mi hijo, Matéo, durmió con un recién nacido. Argh! Los trabajadores están ruidosos, pero yo estoy agradecido por sus trabajo. También, mi amiga se marchar de Illinois a la Alemania y yo recordaro todos mis amigos quienes marchen de aquí. Estoy un poco triste, pero el peor cosa es la sensación de la pérdida. 

Espanol

I'm currently 32% fluent in Spanish.

How they calculated my language proficiency with TWO significant digits, I'll never know.

I'm learning through the DuoLingo app on my new cell phone. It's fun to apply my brain to something like school again. It feels more like a game than school, though, so I find myself wanting to pull it out whenever I have a couple minutes to spare. So much temptation!

It's fun to bounce my rudimentary concept of the language with Bobby's knowledge of Brazilian Portugese. Alice is a fan, but Robert and James kinda groan and ask for "English only, please."

Anyway, learning a new language has finally become one of the things filling up that sliver of space that I gained when Robert started Kindergarten...10 weeks ago. Regular exercise is another one, weather permitting. Let's hope I find a new balance for the last portion of that space before the school year ends ;)