I'm used to writing in english often, for some reason that's how my boyfriend and I have always exchanged by text, even though we speak french out loud (he's french-american this is not entirely out of nowhere ). It's much more difficult for me to speak, I think my speech is "ok" but it could be better, I still make silly mistakes because I don't have as much time to think about what I'm saying.

I gave blood yesterday, went to sleep at 1am, I'm about to start my period, and yet for some reason I woke up with more energy than any of the past few days
I'm going to pole dance class tonight, I expect to crash right into my bed when I come home

Same here, I watch a lot of movies and shows in English (read books too but I don't really read much these days...) usually with English subtitles. I don't always need them but I don't want to scramble to find them in the middle of the episode when a new character with a thick accent I can't understand arrives on screen.
Lately when I'm alone and knit in front of the TV I've been watching a show from New Zealand, I feel like the Kiwi accent is getting easier on my ears but I'm not quite there yet.

I'm in the train on a professional trip, and feeling soooo tired and sleepy. I'm in the process of destroying a large coffee in the hopes of not missing my stop and ending up 600km too far.
I hope my hotel room has a good mattress.

@Misspoire @Lysae
The bed was ok, but the room was too hot, it woke me up in the middle of the night. Or maybe it was the afternoon coffee ? I had to change my alarm to wake up early for my client meeting and of course I forgot to put my regular alarm back on yesterday night, so this morning I woke up at 9:30... Luckily I had no meetings and I'm working from home.

My spinning wheel and wool fiber were delivered while I was away, so yesterday night I set it up and started spinning ! I'm trying to be patient and remember that it'll take me a lot of practice before I can spin a correct and regular yarn.

@Lysae Is your dad's girlfriend brazilian or fluent in portuguese? I saw your message on the other thread, if she is maybe you can trade english practice for slow, well enunciated portuguese practice ?
Otherwise maybe listening to podcasts on slow speed, the radio (news anchors usually enunciate pretty well), watching local TV with portuguese subtitles on if it's available ? I spent 6 months in Brazil at the end of my studies and barely spoke portuguese because the people I worked with were from lots of different countries, so we ended up speaking english most of the time. I would say for understanding, listening to a lot of native content is great and having the written language at the same time helps when you're starting, but for speaking only practice will help, for better or for worse...

@Lysae I just looked up Lençois Maranhenses, lucky you ! It looks incredible !
It makes me want to go back to Brasil to visit more of the country, I haven't been to the Nordeste at all.

@Portnawak I learned to knit when I was little and I was pretty bad at it, but then I picked it up again a couple of years ago and it was way easier than I remembered, and now I love it . I got circular needles that I use even on projects that I knit flat, I found them easier to handle than the long straight ones.
I have to say, scarves are not necessarily a great beginner project in my opinion because they take so long and can be boring after a while, something like mittens, a snood or a winter hat might be a better start BUT it's also not very motivating to knit something you don't really like just for practice, so if a scarf is really what you want you should go for it