The gold of Cortes, the jewels of Pizarro

In Spanish class, we are studying the history of Mexico. We're still knee-deep in the Conquest. We've been learning about the translators, La Malinche and a certain priest. La Malinche translated between two native languages (and was a native of Mexico).

We are all confused how the priest (who arrived with Cortes) learned Mayan so quickly. Prior education in Latin and Greek would only help a tiny bit. Maybe he was highly gifted at languages.

Cleaning up

I'm digging through boxes in the basement. I do have to be proud of myself (only T knows how hard it is for me to throw away stuff).

The over-arching plan is to clear out enough in the basement to move the extra stuff from the guest room before Jan. 16th. And then be able to go through that stuff at my leisure. And if T and I have finished cleaning enough, we can go out to dinner on the 16th, while Emily watches a movie at Kids Night Out.

Emily got an invitation to a mock-slumber-party. Six is not old enough for a real slumber party, I guess.