I did 51 words in Memrise. Those words were pretty tough and used a lot of brain energy... plenty of 4 kanji phrases like 新進気鋭 and 内柔外剛. I did a little listening. I'm hoping to try a little LR with The Time Machine tomorrow.
French
After my complaining, I decided to use the Memrise course that requires typing. I'm not making as many typing mistakes today, maybe I was tired and feeling too much in a rush yesterday. I did about 37 words today. I took notes for chapter 11 in my textbook and read a few of the early reading sections. It's much easier now with several chapters of grammar in my head. My thoughts on the grammar is that past participle looks like a