um, Spanish?

So, its been a few years now that I've been thinking on taking a foreign language. First it was deciding between Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. I am one of like two cousins on my mom's side of the family that hadn't taken Mandarin Chinese while in college. Then the thought crossed my mind, "you will take more than one language"... and I was like, "um, okay." So, I figure, it was probably going to be both, so which one first. If I chose Chinese, I could talk to my mom and my Aunts and Uncles. If I chose Japanese, I could talk to my friends at church who speak Japanese. Part of my hesitiation in choosing a language is praticality. (the other is I have been doing some more work related travel, that I couldn't start a class yet). So, here comes Urbana 06, the folks at hcjb global, and Quito, Ecuador. Spanish? Wow, didn't see that one coming, Lord. And randomly (or maybe not so randomly), I was searching at LMU (the closest, I could even walk, close, University) and they have a beginners Spanish class starting next Tuesday. Okay Lord, 1) I want to get back into the classroom, 2) I want to learn a language, 3) and being an LMU extension student gets me into the LMU gym! (bonus). So, am I to take Spanish? Well, all the signs are pointing, a few things to check is to ensure that my company will pay for LMU Extension and that the class is still open for students to enroll... oh and one more prayer check with God... just to be sure.