Se Habla Espanol?

Okay, I guess since I've been here for a month Spanish should be better than it is now. I need to seriously practice, I will feel like such a failure if I come back from this 5 month excursion and can only say "hola, como esta", that would be so sad. I am making a vow from this day forward to learn and speak Spanish on a regular basis. This isn't a very long post, I just want to be accountable to the world if I come back and speak less Spanish then before.

So here we go...