speak spanish

MY aunt bought me two sets of Teach Yourself Spanish CD’s. I continue to listen to them when it comes to mind (Once I tried listening to it in my sleep, but I don’t think it had any effect on me)

I have brought the CD’s to Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) with me (where I will be living for the summer) and I am actually listening to one of the CD’s right now.

Did I mention that my boyfriend who I’m currently living with was born in Peru and that he and his family speak Spanish?

I guess not since I only started writing on here again recently (I had largely ignored 43 things for about 2 years)

I think it would be very helpful for me to speak to him in Spanish because he would be willing to slow down, correct my mistakes in meaning, grammar, or pronunciation BUT- I am afraid to. This is something that affects all areas of life. I am afraid of trying and looking stupid and being horrible and just slow (I have A.D.D and it’s often a cause of my coming off as a stupid, ditzy, space cadet).

I will make that my 43rd thing when I finish posting this.

Does anyone else have a Spanish speaking friend/relative/companion?

I took Spanish in grade ten and I really liked it but Im a terrible student who never does their work so I only ended up getting a 60 or so..

Took it in grade 11 to discover that this new teacher was really hard, fast and Id forgotten everything Id learned last year. Not to mention she expected us to know more than I had learned anyway. Shes very confident and confrontational so when she called on me in class it made me want to cry. So I dropped out early in the year and forgot about taking Spanish. I wasnt allowed to switch teachers.

I miss Spanish and I think its a really fun language..Where and When and How I will learn it again.. I dont know.