iKnow logged me as 5 hours of study this week so far, though I think it’s probably closer to 4, since it seemed longer because I kept getting distracted and letting the lesson time out. Step 7 has quite a few words either I’ve never seen or at least don’t recall having seen, so that’s slowed me down a little too, as well as just being too tired.

My number one priority really needs to be getting proper sleep, since that’s always what ends up hindering me in everything I attempt to do (I’ve been really sluggish at work, too). Just have to remember that, because I tend to want to say “just one more ____” even though probably getting a good night’s sleep would be more beneficial than another twenty words I can hardly recall since I’m too tired.

Anyway, I’m both glad and somewhat upset that I seem to have already hit the wall in my vocabulary. I knew vocabulary was my biggest weakness, though, so it’s kind of confirmation on that score. Which in a way is good since it means I’m starting to add to it now and the more I build the easier I will find it to hold conversations and read and listen, but it’s still disappointing because I’m not even through the Core 1000, which seems a little pathetic for someone who is sort of intermediate-level otherwise and has been studying the language for years.