I was designing a new kitchen: creating a 4-color geometric pattern floor,  an asymetrical table, and facing the chaos of my clutter plus having to move out of the kitchen.  But with months to prepare I have time to learn Spanish because we’re going to bicycle in the hilltop towns in the south of Spain.  Instead I do the kitchen and manage to get to France after first a trip to Michigan-training.  That summer I raised butterfly caterpillars and in the Fall I had the opportunity to go to Bhutan. Now it’s time to pack for Spain. We leave in 8 hours and I haven’t learned any Spanish.