Two crazy things happened today that I didn’t notice until class let out and I was left with Spanish swimming laps in my brain.

First, there were several conversations today where I stopped concentrating on what people were saying and JUST HEARD WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. Woot, my friends, woot. The downside of this is that there were a couple times I didn’t understand a word or a phrase and I couldn’t look it up or ask about it afterwards because I wasn’t paying attention to each word.

Secondly, and this is the big one, I actually rolled my r’s today. Not EVERY time, but a big chunk of my attempts were successful. Every time there’s an “rr” (and every word that starts with an “r”) I try to trill it but my problem is that I don’t say “r” correctly in English, either. My tongue is in the wrong place. I was supposed to see a speech therapist to correct it (among other weird formations I came up with) back when I wore braces, but, for reasons best summed up by saying I had a tumultuous teenagerhood, that plan was never realized. So I talk funny–but not today!

Today I realized that maybe I will actually know and be able to produce Spanish. One would think I hoped that prior to signing up for this whole immersion shindig but no. I only knew that I had to try or I would kick myself forever. After all, there is school to return to and a career to build and babies to have. Now is the time for sorry attempts.

Except maybe this one isn’t so sorry!

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