Language of my native land

English some days how I miss speaking you, always knowing every word that is spoken to me.

I realized something today as a struggle with having professors from all over the word. All forms of the same language are not equal. For example English in the Midwest is not the same as "Bronx" English. Can I understand that person, yes its mostly just an accent thing.

Midwest English vs Austrian English or British English I may not understand. This is not something you think about when you learn another language. I need to remember when I struggle to understand one person but can clearly understand anther not all language is created equal.

Poetry

Tonight I'm going to have to keep it pretty short and sweet. I started classes on Tuesday and have been inundated with homework. 3 out of my 4 classes are in Spanish making what seems like "light reading" take me a few hours. Alas, I'm getting my Spanish groove back. When spured me to write tonight was two fold. I wanted to make note that I started growing some herbs for my **summer** garden. Hopefully they will be sprouting by next weekend. Secondly the title of today entry- poetry. I'm basically taking two poetry classes this semester- one is creative writing the other is straight out poetry. In my "poetry" class I was asked to write a paragraph about my favorite poem. This made me realize- I don't have one while I enjoy poetry I've never really spent much time or know to much about. I guess I'll be learning now! For class I am going to get to attend my first poetry slam. What I need for all of you is a bit of help to do my homework...dear readers tell me what is your favorite poem and why? Hopefully you can inspire me and help me discover my favorite one :)

No regrets (if I can help it)

When I look back at my life I want to say that I do not have any regret for things I should/should not have done. However, I have plenty from elementary school to now , I regret not taking opportunity or missing out on things because maybe I was scared.
One major thing that I regret is that I didn't truly listen to myself when I decided what I wanted to do in "life after college" I listened to my parents tell me you can't do this you can't do that and ruled out things that I knew I loved.
So now I'm taking myself back, back to school to get another degree to change where I'm going in my life. I'm going back to school to get another bachelor's degree in Spanish...and boy am I nervous about it. I'm in such a different place in my life when I was when I went off to college many moons ago but I've learned so much. (It seems) Like it has been such a long time since I've done the "school thing" that I'm worried about how I'll do. I could use all your kind words and thoughts as I embark on a big exciting life changing adventure!