The first step (of many)

So the first actual, concrete action has now officially taken place in regards to making our trip happen. We had our first Spanish class today! We'll be having them every Saturday morning for two hours until mid-December. Cool! The school said on their website that they often have indiginous speakers as language instructors so I was really really hoping beforehand that our teacher would be from Mexico. And she was! Her name is...this is so perfect...Maria. She seems very nice and has a cool accent. I think Mark had fun. There were only four people in our class so we all get lots of attention and have to participate lots. We have homework and everything! I never thought there'd come a time when the idea of homework inspired amusement instead of a feeling of resignation.

So that's the first step. It feels good to be able to actually do something - our date of departure still feels very far away. Ah well. We were at a picnic with some friends today and a new (but VERY cool) acquaintance, Robin, said she knew Spanish and was thinking about starting up a conversation group because she is going to Mexico in the new year. I hope she does that - it'll be very helpful for me & Mark.

I guess that's all for now. I'm hoping as we get to know our teacher better we'll be able to grill her about all things Mexican, including the sort of stuff that you just don't find in a book. I'll keep ya posted.