Okay, so I have officially been home from my mission for 2 years, 3 months, 19 days, 1 hour and 12 minutes...well, I'm not sure if it's EXACTLY 12 minutes, it might only be 11 minutes and 37 seconds...but 12 is a rough estimate. Anyway, in these long years since the good old days in Philly, I have become extremely successful - extremely successful at forgetting my mission language that is.
Of course I still speak Spanish and due to some exciting events at work recently, the cat's out of the bag - all the Spanish people at work know that I speak their idioma. BUT I don't study in Spanish, I don't read in Spanish, heck - I don't even pray in Spanish. So to combat this horrible tragedy, I decided to start reading fiction books in Spanish. So far I have read...well, I DECIDED I was going to read already...that doesn't mean I've actually READ anything. I went to the store yesterday to pick up my first book. There was a riveting selection - Catholic religious books, five billion copies of La Santa Biblia, Twilight and two bodice rippers. Need I say that I didn't buy a book?
But...the whole point of this is to say that I realized there are benefits to paying an arm, leg, and a first born child to Provo city in taxes. I get a library card...for FREE! After work tonight (assuming that time will ever come) I am on my way to the library to show off my photo I.D. and get a library card! Then I will have absolutely no excuse for not reading in Spanish.
Of course I still speak Spanish and due to some exciting events at work recently, the cat's out of the bag - all the Spanish people at work know that I speak their idioma. BUT I don't study in Spanish, I don't read in Spanish, heck - I don't even pray in Spanish. So to combat this horrible tragedy, I decided to start reading fiction books in Spanish. So far I have read...well, I DECIDED I was going to read already...that doesn't mean I've actually READ anything. I went to the store yesterday to pick up my first book. There was a riveting selection - Catholic religious books, five billion copies of La Santa Biblia, Twilight and two bodice rippers. Need I say that I didn't buy a book?
But...the whole point of this is to say that I realized there are benefits to paying an arm, leg, and a first born child to Provo city in taxes. I get a library card...for FREE! After work tonight (assuming that time will ever come) I am on my way to the library to show off my photo I.D. and get a library card! Then I will have absolutely no excuse for not reading in Spanish.
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