Reflections

• It's now mandatory to have a window by my desk.  I was thinking about this view today, and this one and now this one.  And while I didn't grow up with the mountains, I am coming to really enjoy watching the clouds dance over and around them every day.

• I miss the accomplishment of seeing tasks completed.  Language study doesn't give you that sense of getting something done.  Sure, you are washing the same clothes again next week, but there is a few fleeting moments when you see you work pay off.  

• I was talking to a Tica friend this week about her childhood.  I said I prefered the country to the city.  She said, yes, it's nice, but in the city you have running water and electricty.  There are jobs.  Where she grew up, these things didn't exist.  She told me of a time when her parents were both not able to be parents and she didn't have any clothes.  She made a dress for herself out of one of her mother's aprons.  Puts things into perspective a bit.

• I like hanging clothes up on the line and watching them dry.

• I still am confused on Direct and Indirect Object pronouns.

• I need to spend more time everyday, outside of class, speaking in Spanish with native speakers.  This is challenging with kids who need time with their mama and to rest.  

• I like it when it rains all afternoon, after we get home from school.