I don’t have quite enough time today to write the post I’d like to write about a new author I’ve just discovered. That will be a post for another day. Instead, you get this (which I find hilarious).
And why, oh why didn’t this happen in the year that I ate my lunch in this union every day???
My boys started learning Spanish today via Rosetta Stone, and it’s a whole new world as far as my oldest is concerned. He’s randomly spouting off with mini Spanish sentences depending upon what is going on at any given moment.
He told his Hispanic dentist and the hygenist today that he’d started learning Spanish, and they told him that when he came back in six months they expected him to be able to speak fluently. He said, “But will you understand me?” They will. Then on the way out, the Hispanic receptionist told him she would be quizzing him when he came back for a visit. I said, “Go ahead and try it now,” knowing he’d love it. She rattled something off that I couldn’t catch with three high-school years of Spanish under my belt, I think maybe, “Do you understand this?” or something. His response?
Mujer! (Translation: Woman!)
I think I might need to follow the course along with him, because he’s just the type to start saying things in Spanish, thinking I won’t understand. And as a mom, I live for those ‘Gotcha!’ moments.
* From every classroom Spanish tape I ever had to listen to: ‘Listos? Vamos a empezar!’ translates to ‘Ready? We are going to begin!’ And yes, I know I’m missing that upside down question mark before ‘Listos’.
In my (rather limited) life experience, I’ve come to realize that as far as relationships go, there are givers and takers. In almost every one of my friendships, it seems as if I’m the giver. 
I’m the one who calls or emails, I’m the one who plans get-togethers and follows-up with people, and I’m the one who does the ‘favors’. Not every one of my friendships (I don’t want anyone calling me, outraged at the accusation that they’re the ‘taker’ in our relationship), merely MOST of them. And this seems odd to me, given that I’m usually the more introverted, less social component in almost every friendship. Is it possible I’m subconsciously seeking more from these friendships than I currently have? Or is it more likely I’m just picking up the slack that results from the ‘taker’ personalities? Either way, I’m becoming rather exhausted from the whole thing. I’m at the point where I just don’t see many of my friends, because I’m too burnt out to try to get them on the phone or plan a girls night out. Surely there has to be a happy medium….?
Ironically, my sister is the opposite. And I don’t truly think it’s conscious. In my observations of her and her friends, it just seems like no one expects very much of her. I’m not sure if people expect it of me or not, but the perception I get is that if things are going to happen, I’m going to have to make them happen. And I’m currently on hiatus.