Oops!

Don't know how it happened, but it did. I put gasoline in my diesel car.

Fortunately, it only cost me $53 to get it fixed including $10 in diesel and $8 for a new fuel filter. Oh, and a day of aggravation without a car.

Most filling stations are full service but I used one in Dolega that is self serve. I swear I pulled up the lever underneath the diesel logo but that apparently didn't happen. I need to go back and see how I messed up.

Don't want to do that again!

We had our first Spanish lesson at Habla Ya on Monday.

It was fantastic!

This school is so much better than the other one we attended last year. We were speaking Spanish with the professor from the first moment of class.

She was prepared with handouts that were just right for our level of knowledge. She engaged us in a hour of conversation then we did a few exercises with laminated phrase cards. We did a couple of short written things then spent 20 minutes on new vocabulary.

What a difference! This school has it's act together.

We both left feeling good about our Spanish proficiency (or lack of it) and we want more.

I feel that we will get some place with 10 weeks at this school.

I am very hopeful that we will be able to converse in Spanish, on some level, in 10 weeks.

I am grateful. It is simple unacceptable to live in a Spanish speaking country and NOT speak Spanish.