So this is the idea for Sunday Stream of
Consciousness at Jana’s Thinking Place. I almost missed today for several
reasons but as I thought about missing today, I thought back to March (maybe)
when I started doing SOC on Sundays. And you know what? I’ve hardly missed any.
So I decided excuses weren’t going to cut it today!
Five minutes. On the above topic. Unedited.
Un-fussed with writing.
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It’s not a new trick. It’s an old one. It’s so very
old. Well 4.75 years old.
Tomorrow is the day I break the seal; break the
cellophane seal on my Rosetta Stone Central American Spanish.
(Hey! This is exactly what my box looks like!)
You see (readers of this blog have heard me bemoan about this many times and I still haven’t done anything) my family gave me this language program almost five Christmas’ ago because I asked for it. And here I am. In the same Spanglish speaking state I was five years ago. Not improved at all.
I have this particular edition because that’s where
I find myself most often needing to speak the language. I also find myself in
Mexico on a yoga-ish retreat most years, too. And this Christmas, I will be
vacationing with my family in a Spanish speaking Central American country.
I’m also committed to a 5-week trip beginning at
the end of May through 4th of July. I’ve heard there is not a lot of
English spoken where I’m headed. It would be wise to learn. One of my travel
mates speaks Italian, close but no cigar. The other speaks kitchen Spanish; you
know the kind you use when you work in a restaurant which WILL come in handy.
But I’m tired of making excuses; being a giant procrastinating
slug by not learning myself and relying on others.
My friends…please hold me to it!
