Spanish is hard

Every day Lydia comes home knowing a new word or phrase in Spanish. The little smarty pants. I do pretty well, but occasionally, I do have some problems caused by my meager language skills. I don't go out much, mostly because I don't have a car, but also because every time I try to go out and be independent and do stuff on my own, something always happens that shakes my confidence to try it again. Like the first time I went to the market alone, and the raisin lady told me a price but I misunderstood so I had to give her the raisins back because I didn't have enough. She was pretty annoyed at me. And the kid who I thought wanted to watch my car for me while I was shopping actually wanted to wash it, which I didn't have enough to pay him for either. I still try to put myself out there occasionally when I can muster up the courage, but I have to admit that I am easily scared off. But I enjoy my time with my kids, and -who am I kidding- I didn't get out much when I was in the states either. Life as usual.

I also sometimes agree to things I don't actually mean to agree to. Like when the primary president asked if Lydia could sing, I said yes. But she wasn't just asking if Lydia knew how, she wanted to know if she would sing for a stake activity. So when I said "Si", I accidentally kinda agreed that Lydia would sing alone in front of the whole stake. Lydia loves to sing, but shes won't even sing for group primary presentations. I don't know why. Shes not that shy, she just doesn't like to be bossed. Well, it turned out that the program was only like a week away. Not a lot of time to prepare. So I relied heavily on bribery. Every time we practiced, I made it very clear that if she would sing loud and pretty in front of everyone, she would get a whole bag of candy. It worked, she sang beautifully while I played guitar. I was way way more nervous than she was. I knew she would do it if she had the proper motivation.

Charlie and I had our fifth anniversary. Pretty crazy that so much time has passed! Have we really been married that long? Next month is Owens second birthday. I can't believe my babies are getting so big.

Anyway, I guess since time is passing so fast, I should really work hard on improving my Spanish, huh? When am I gonna get another chance at total immersion? Not total, but partial, anyway (I speak English to my kids, thats probably not going to change.) But maybe when we leave here Lydia will be so good at Spanish, that she can translate for me. That would be nice.