Learning Spanish

It's harder than I thought it would be. I have made progress but it has been painfully slow. Last night I was collaborating with a friend on a writing project from my past work. I felt smart again, unlike how I have felt in Spanish class for the past 13 weeks. I am still just a baby in Spanish. C says he is definitely still in the baby talk stage. One of his teachers told him he speaks like an Indian chief in the old westerns: Me Big Chief. Me like ride horse. Wait, he said he doesn't know the word for horse.

What is so frustrating is not being able to say what I want to say. Especially for someone like me that likes to talk. It's like being constipated. There's stuff that wants to come out but it won't come. If only there was verbal Ex-Lax. In 3 more weeks I am planning to go on a Spanish immersion trip to Ecuador. I am hoping this will help.