Eric the Blue

I’ve been at Spanish Duolingo for long enough now that I feel sort of confident about being able to ask for directions to the museum, the train station, and the hotel. I’m to the point that Duo has me considering sentences that pertain as much to the human condition as that of a mere tourist. For example,

And:

Exciting! In another autobiographical bit, I went to the dentist and, for the first time in the last several visits, they did not request a return engagement to address this or that–just made a note of a couple “watch items” and said, See ya in six months. They take your blood pressure now. I asked what mine was, and she said it’s fine, maybe a titch high, but you did just walk back here from the waiting room. Right, I’m sure it was the long walk and not the sight of those miniature pick axes laid out neatly on a napkin that gave my nervous system a little boost.