I had my second online Czech class tonight. It went quite well. I'll admit that I'm far above my two fellow classmates in terms of Czech knowledge (both for the language and culture). There is always some student(s) with a huge advantage. And Czech is a difficult language. I commend the two guys for taking on the challenge. I'm only starting at the very beginning because there's some knowledge I'm lacking. Like putting together full sentences with the proper conjugations, tenses, and cases. My vocabulary is otherwise fairly extensive. Sometimes I deliberately hold back so as not to sound like I know too much.

I finally have a good span of time without any major obligations. What a relief! I plan to do a lot of studying of my Czech. It's amazing how motivating this class is! I'm also lucky to have a native Czech at home to help with some of it. He's happy to see me taking it seriously. My s-i-l is also happy I'm finally studying. I very much like her (perhaps love) and confess to wanting her to respect me even more. In many ways I'm closer to her than to my own biological family members.