I enjoyed our time with our guest/friend last night. She is always fun and pleasant to talk to. I also like that our house is still left quite clean and neat because of the preparations for her visit.

My husband doesn't know yet, but I signed up for a once per week evening French class, starting at the beginning of February. I chose a lower level than might be ideal for me, but the only other option was a level that might be intimidating. Of course the Fall session of the level right in between would be best, but I don't want to wait that long to start. It's very important that I review some basic stuff so that I better progress towards fluency. It's the case that I can speak more advanced sentences, and yet screw up the conjugation and spelling of very basic words. I attended private studies, briefly, a while back, but quit. I think I prefer group study since I need not be "on" every second of the class. Hubby thinks private is best, but he's not paying for it this time. I'm using some Christmas gift money towards this upcoming class. He'll likely think that I'll drop out after two or three weeks, but I'm going to try hard not to! Try, try, and try again.

I called my father this morning. He couldn't hear me well on his cell phone, so we ended the call quickly. Ideally, I'd be volunteering to visit him, but I'm just not up to it. I do feel like a bad daughter, but it's complicated.