I was starting to despair...how long could I go on in the this language without seeing progress? Some days I agonized, "why am I bothering to learn sign?" "I can't be this stupid!" Turns out that all the waiting, stressing and hair pulling was for naught. I've finally seen my asl skills improve. This has been the longest plateau that I can remember but I've made it thru unscathed. The old adage is correct: what does not kill you, makes you stronger. Indeed.