Dui bu qi Guo yu!

They say that after learning one language its easier to learn another, but I have not found that to be true. In fact, I feel like there is only room for one foreign language in my head, and the more I learn of Spanish, the less I know of Chinese. And I can't remember most of the time which language is which, either. Whenever someone asks me how to say something in Chinese, I have to think twice to make sure I don't tell them how to say it in Spanish. The first time I came to Bolivia, I was always accidentally trying to speak to people in Chinese. And now, whenever I talk to Chinese speakers, I accidentally speak Spanish. Several others learning a third language say the same happened with them. Its like the brain has a switch that says native language, foreign language. Only two choices. So my Spanish just pushes my Chinese out. Not out of my brain completely, just out of easy reach. Out of the foreign language slot, and into the stuff I used to know slot. Come back Chinese! I love you! I didn't mean it! I didn't know learning a new language would mean I would have to break up with the old one.