Over the past couple of weeks I have not been able to get as much input time as I would like. Probably only 15 - 30 minutes a day. Ideally I would be exposing myself to several hours a day, but that opportunity depends on what kind of work I'm doing. Perhaps I should look into loading podcasts onto my phone or a separate MP3 player. The good news however is that I had my first dream in which I tried to speak Russian. In my dream I was walking down the street when I saw a little boy, who turned out to be blind, in an orange monk cloak playing with a puppy. Now I have no idea why that scenario presented itself to me. I guess dreams are just weird like that. But the great thing was that he spoke Russian and that I tried to speak with him. I need to point out that in my dream I was trying to speak Russian with the limited vocabulary that I currently posses. I didn't dream that I was suddenly fluent. All I could do was say certain words that seemed relevant. Child / ребенок...