YIKES!! This year for lent I'm giving up English. Ok, well really I'm just challenging myself to speak a heck of a lot more Spanish and lent gives me a time frame to do it in! Don't worry, I'll still talk to friends and family in English, and blog in English, and probably pray in English. But, no more English movies, music, or conversations in the Dor until Easter. It's going to be really hard.
I don't regret speaking as much English as I have because it has allowed me to make some really solid friendships and maintain the little bit of constancy I needed to feel like my entire world wasn't turned upside down when I moved here (though it very much was!). But, alas, it is time. Time to force myself even further out of my comfort zone and make a big change. One of my goals was to leave this semester speaking Spanish fluently, and while I now realize that probably won't happen, I have so much to learn and I want to take advantage of it completely while I'm here!
For those of you considering study abroad, or living abroad, here's something you should know: the first month or so is like trying to drink out of a fire hydrant. All of these words and phrases and cultural changes are being sprayed at you with shocking force and in enormous quantity, and you're just standing there with your mouth open, trying to catch anything you can and swallow it. I've taken so much in the last month and a half, but there's even more that is spraying right past me. So, here goes 40 days of hard core Espanol!
Dear Desserts,
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
This year for lent,
I won't stop eating you!!
This picture is the story of my life!
BEST LENT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nom nom nom.
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