First writting in italki

Hi, I came on italki because I'm interested in improving my speaking, I hope to find some friends or teachers that could help me.

Actually, I speak English but sometimes I need to ask the person to talk slower so I can understand, which is not always possible. I use it regulary at my work but I want to feel more confident about listening and speaking with people that do not speak Spanish, but English.

I remember a month ago, I had an interview with a high executive at my work, he is from London and speak only English, so when it was time to ask him something I couldn't... I was more worried about the language rather than the content of my question... it was embarassing.

*I changed some grammar however if you had spoken your paragraph anyone would easily be able to understand. Dont be afraid of making mistakes. 

Something
I have wanted to write something for a while, but I didn’t know what to write. So I decided come here and describe what came into my head... Well, my name is Larissa. I'm a Brazilian native, I live in Rio de Janeiro and I'm learning English.

Now, I'm going to eat dinner and then finish a movie called "Interestellar" by the director Cristopher Nolan, which is fantastic picture by the way!

Anne Hathaway is in the movie. I just love her and all the other movies she is in.
It's almost 11:00 PM here, and tomorrow (like everyday) I'll wake up early. I have a kid that wakes up to early. He is one year and four months and has too much energy. haha. Anyway, I love being a mother and I don't will extend me more.
Thank you for reading.
Good night!

*I am not sure what this means "I don't will extend me more."

Learning more

Hello. I studied English ten years ago. I have forgotten some words so I want to practice to improve my writing and learn more.

I had a rough day

I woke up 2 am today because I felt like crap and threw up twice.
And at 4 am, I woke and threw up again.
I woke up 6 am and threw up again.
I can't even count how many times I threw up in total.

I was supposed to study for next Monday's midterm today, but I was in bed almost all day.
I didn't even have any energy to eat, so I haven't eaten anything but a banana.
I hope I get better by next Monday.

Treating Japanese beetles as though they were Russian ones

Last year, when we were in Japan, we got two Japanese horned beetles - a male and a female. We put them in a box with plenty of soil and as result of their sensational nights eggs were laid on the ground. Now are transformed into eight nice larvae.
In Japanese horned beetles sounds «kabotomushi». As «kabuto» sounds like Russian kakbudto (как будто) that means «as though, like» , we gave them proper names - Kakbudto-Masha, Kakbudto-Misha, Kak-budto-Pasha, Kakbudto-Dasha, Kakbudto-Sasha and so on (after the dash - usual Russian names).
We change the soil carefully and are waiting for our larvae to change into the splendid beetles.

Added "treating" because I wasnt sure of the title meaning.

Today is Maundy Thursday so I didn't have to work. Therefore*, my husband and I decided to visit the Butrón Castle which is, more or less, thirty minutes by car from our home. I was there once when I was six. I remembered it as a great big building but it is actually very small! It looks like a castle for kids! It seems a count in the XIX century wanted to have a castle that looked like the old German ones so he decided to repair a typical tower.

*Thus can be used by in US I think more often would use therefore.