the foundation of my spanish is crumbling beneath me!

Okay, so I know I am a little less than faithful to my blog, but I'm going to try to make it up to you in the coming week. BUT for now. You must know, yesterday in class I found out that the phrase I have been using for "I'm so excited for...." is incorrect. Now, let me clarify... in case you forgot I'm in Spain, and so I'm freaking excited about everything. However, the Spanish language has many "amigos falsos" (false friends) of English cognates. And so, to say "estoy exitante" means that you are sexually excited - a mistake many of my Spanish friends find highly amusing... Furthermore, the phrase "estoy emocionada" which I had been told meant and have been using to mean "I'm excited" means that one is so emotional they are on the verge of tears... the kind of excited you are for your wedding, for your child's first day of kindergarten, to see you truest friend after almost a year. Like THAT. However, this was unknown to me. Thus, my Spanish friends and senora have been thinking that I have been on the verge of tears - about you know, taking a shower, having a packed lunch, going to the grocery, starting classes - for nearly a month now. FML.

Furthermore! I just had tea with my senora, Trini, and 8 of her female family members - her mother, three cousins, two aunts, and a neice. Not to mention Diego, our screaming bumbling bundle of joy grandson who is about to turn one years old the 20th of this month. They talked about everything! And you know how families are... all talking at the same time, all talking at the speed of light, all bringing up different random things they forgot to mention the last time they all yelled to each other. And it was just the most overwhelming hour of my life! While it was absolutely amazing to sit with them and listen, most of the time I was only vaguely aware of the topic at hand and spent most of my listening skills trying to articulate their accents into real words and not really getting any meaning whatsoever.

You could definitely say I'm learning quickly....

Until very soon,

Yours