I really struggle with Duolingo lately, but I think a lot of my struggling is coming from people complaining about it (not you, but language forums, in general). I do feel like I'm not making any progress... but it may also because I have a 1600 day streak and it's starting to feel a bit more like an obligation that I'm not willing to give up. It also doesn't help that I haven't had any reasons to use my target language. It's a lot of work for nothing right now. I don't know if that's Duolingo's fault, or mine.

Saw my dad on Thursday. He wasn't doing great. It's alarming how fast his cognitive function is declining. Summer before last he would lose the occasional word. Now he only manages a few words before he starts struggling.

Ugh. I feel this, and I'm sorry. This was how my mother was in her last couple of months. She was fine, but definitely in her late 80s up until the last 6 months or so. They couldn't get her blood pressure under control, so she'd keep swinging back and forth out of what seemed dementia. She finally ended up having a stroke about a week before she passed because of it. The whole time I talked to her during that week, issues due to her stroke and her blood pressure spiking made her almost incomprehensible. I'm so sorry. :(