(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) I think I'm depressed. Well, I think everyone is depressed, because you can't look out the window without getting depressed. This week was tough again. There are protests everywhere, the stock market went down, then it went up, … Continue reading Trying to Process the World
(This blog entry is written in Spanish. There will be an English translation available tomorrow morning / Este blog está escrito en español. Habrá una traducción de inglés disponible mañana por la mañana.) Creo que estoy deprimida. Bueno, creo que todo el mundo está deprimido, porque no se puede mirar por la ventana sin deprimirse. … Continue reading Tratando de Procesar el Mundo
This has been a rough week. And I don’t really mean for me specifically, as it was pretty much normal stuff in my day to day life, but the world is just so crazy right now, and it’s hard to not be wound up and numb at the same time from all of it. I … Continue reading Getting Through the Week
So this week was a weird one for me, and counter to how things have been going in the world, that weirdness was neutral to positive. My day job is a Monday to Friday affair, but is open for limited hours on Saturdays, so they have to work around that. Everybody gets scheduled one Saturday … Continue reading Setting a Structure for Language Learning
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) There are so many sources of advice for learning new languages in the world. And, well, this blog might be one of them, although I’ve been very clear that I’m not an expert. I’m a student, trying and … Continue reading Learning Languages to Have Fun
(This blog entry is written in Spanish. There will be an English translation available tomorrow morning / Este blog está escrito en español. Habrá una traducción de inglés disponible mañana por la mañana.) Hay tantas fuentes de consejos para el aprendizaje de idiomas nuevos en el mundo. Y, bueno, este blog puede que sea una … Continue reading El Aprendizaje de Idiomas para Divertirse
As this blog is going up, I am in my seventh week of working from home. This week marked the end of the state-wide stay at home orders, though they remain in effect in Denver, where I live, through the next week. My job itself is not planning on moving people back into the office … Continue reading The Flow of Time Under Quarantine
This week’s blog is a special one, for a totally random, arbitrary reason, because it is blog number 100! Well, sort of. If you were to look at the site stats, it would actually be listed at the 115th blog, but that would include the English versions of the blogs that were drafted originally in … Continue reading 100th Blog Special
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) These blogs in Spanish are strange, but I think they’re important. I don't get much experience with Spanish output, because I always focus on reading and listening comprehension. I watch Netflix and YouTube, listen to podcasts, read books, … Continue reading My Lack of Practice in Spanish Output
(This blog entry is written in Spanish. There will be an English translation available tomorrow morning / Este blog está escrito en español. Habrá una traducción de inglés disponible mañana por la mañana.) Estos blogs en español son extraños, pero creo que son importantes. No consigo mucha experiencia con la producción de español, porque siempre … Continue reading Mi Falta de Práctica en la Producción de Español
Fumbling Toward Fluent 