Catching up

I was late to class this morning. I contest that it wasn't my fault because I was meeting with someone about something and it went long. Really, I had no control. Or very little control, anyway. But I happened to be late on the same day as almost every other person in class -- only three out of sixteen students were present when class started. So the teacher gave a writing assignment for all of the latecomers. Brian, who happened to be one of the three who was not late, was more than eager to point out the assignment when I arrived to class.

Other than the extra writing assignment, class is going pretty well. Although sometimes I feel like I missed a level or two somewhere because it seems so much more difficult than the last level. But really, it's not so much that it's difficult, but that everyone else seems to know a lot of words I don't know. I need to work on vocabulary. Here's a little secret to language-learning: You can't speak a language if you don't know the words. It's true. You must learn the vocabulary.

And in other news, I completely forgot to show you these darlings.

They're the coasters I received from Fiona at Dragonfly-Crafts for the coaster swap. They arrived several weeks ago and I love them. Cupcakes and teacups -- what more could you want. The design on the reverse side is also great. Thanks Fiona!