Spanish, Round 2

A few blogs ago, I was lamenting about how hard it is to learn Spanish. We had 2 lessons that were ass kickers.

Yesterday, we had a conversation in class that was spirited and facile. It flowed and went at a good clip. At one point, our instructor took off and forgot she was in class with a rapid stream of Spanish.

I felt like maybe we can do this.

Now, it was a highly focused conversation about our families...you know, aunts and uncle, nieces and nephews, etc. Many "at-a-boys" to our professora and the school for their skill in structuring a conversation that was attainable to us neophytes.

I observed how all this worked as it was going on.

I let the conversation flow over me like water over a rock, being content to get a few of the words spoken, enough to get the gist of the communication. Then the magic started. It was hard to get a word in edgewise with 3 people talking.

It's been a long time since I was in school. I forgot how to learn. I forgot what it takes.

And, to be honest, I didn't like it back then either, even though I was good at it.

I know that the process of learning Spanish will come and go, easy and hard. It was nice to have a magical experience at this point.