This morning I woke up against my own will at 6 o'clock. I am not into this early morning trend I have developed, but perhaps it is my body's way of preparing me for months and months of sleep deprivation (years?).
But my energy levels have been all over the place lately, and the last 24 hours, I have been brimming with enthusiasm for life. Saturday, that was absolutely NOT the case, and I watched three back-to-back episodes of "House" to prove it. I simply could not get motivated and I felt downright lazy. Sunday, however, I woke up at 7 and reorganized my closet, did three hours of web design, and then three hours of Arabic. By then, The Boy was up and I could vacuum, so I did so and then mopped the floors. I figured I might as well clean the bathroom, too. Then I went back to web design for a few hours and then turned on the TV to watch the election results while cooking chili. When I looked back on everything I had done during the day, I felt accomplished.
This morning, I caught up on some emailing and then went to listen to the RFI broadcast in Arabic (online). This is something I used to do all the time -- figuring listening to Arabic programming couldn't exactly hurt my Arabic skills, even if its benefit is questionable. Any way you slice it, it's additional exposure to the language.
While eating my breakfast, I sort of half listened to the program, and started being able to pick out a few words here and there. Gathering bits and pieces, I was sort of astounded to realize that I recognized a good portion of the words they were saying, although I couldn't get entire phrases to save my life. But once I started putting the puzzle together, I thought, "Oh my God, they're talking about the Virginia Tech massacre!" I ran over to the computer to check which report I was listening to, and sure enough, that's what it was. Granted, it just took understanding the words "college" and "death" and "kill" and "America" and so forth, but DUDE! I was so proud.
Baby steps.
Anyway, it was a great way to start the day. I'm hoping today will be as productive as yesterday, I'm off to birthing classes again now (I showered this time...)
That is excellent! moomtazzz (doesnt that mean Great! in Arabic, I think so.) I ordered "speak arabic now" CDs for the computer and will play them for Amaya as it is I play her three music CDs in the afternoon and belly dance with her (with my post belly, lol) ok, its just regular dancing, but she loves it.
Have fun at the birthing class!