It's been five days since my last post, and not too many exciting things have happened here. We are still riding on the euphoria of getting the apartment we wanted while simultaneously settling back into regular life. I've been studying Latin obsessively, and have noticed that the same quality that I enjoy in learning Latin is in studying music theory, playing Words with Friends, and working certain math problems or stoichiometry. And it's the same quality that I enjoyed when learning Spanish and later French. I'm unsure what exactly the quality is, but I believe it's also the reason why I enjoy teaching beginner foreign language classes. I remember being resistant to the idea of majoring in either Spanish or French in college because I didn't want to learn about the literature. I like knowing the finer details of a language's grammatical structure, working problems methodically. Latin is providing a veritable plethora of grammatical structures to identify, interpret, and construct.
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| The trials and tribulations of studying Latin |
Anyway, other than my musings on the finer points of studying a dead language, we went grocery shopping today; picked out paint colors for our new apartment; and I went to a yoga class taught by one of my friends from teacher training. It was her first class and she did a fabulous job! I also took a Bikram yoga class downtown, and had my first truly positive experience in a Bikram class. Meanwhile, Joseph has been practicing guitar diligently as we will be playing a wedding for some of our friends in July. We're excited to play such good music for such good friends!
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| Pale green, yellow, and blue |
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