Haven’t heard back form the potential penpal from Spain, but I have taken it upon myself to write up flashcards for some basic ITalian words, and I walk around the house pointing to things and atttempting to dredge up their italian names from my brain. I figure I can learn Italian and Spanish side by side, everyone says they’re so similar, and I already know a decent amount of Spanish vocabulary, I’ll pratice each english word with Spanish and Italian translation. Wish I was gettin some language courses for christmas tho, how dorky does that sound ?