Head above the clouds - at last.

When you learn foreign languages there are often periods of 'fogginess' as you get under way. During these times it's easy to feel as if the foreign language must be incredibly complicated, or that you are just plain stupid, or most commonly "this sucks and I'm never going to get it!"
The reality however, is that foreign languages are just that: foreign. And with enough exopsure and immersion, you can slowly come through the fog and above the clouds to see that it's not that complicated after all.
I haven't had too many struggles (yet) with learning Greek (a stack of pre-college work at the prompting of an MTS trainer with a lot of foresight to thank here!), but Hebrew has been another story. I've felt like most of the classes so far have been just another wave of confusion rolling over me, leaving me with more vocab, more paradigms and more concepts that I wasn't understanding. But about a month ago, I decided to bite the bullet and start chipping away at it all, forcing myself to memorise things (even if not understanding them), and just hope for the best.
This afternoon I had my first 'head above the clouds' moment. I got a whole stack of exercises right, and even translated a few sentences. It sounds pretty small, but these are the kind of moments you need to keep you going in language learning. Unfortunately they don't come unless you put in the hard hours first...