I can’t do the traditional method because of my college class and mom

Hi guys, I’m new to dreaming Spanish and I’m looking for some advice on how to best navigate my situation.

I truly want to and am going to learn to understand and speak Spanish. I have begun listening to the videos— sadly a little too late. You see, my adopted mom is Argentine and her first language is Spanish. I have taken Spanish class in high school but have been working on the “apps” and with a dictionary, watching tv, and reading to acquire more of the language. Both for my love of the language, future job opportunities, and to be able to communicate with her and my adopted sister when they speak in Spanish.

I had the opportunity to take a college class to help further my Spanish and I honestly had no idea it could hinder my learning. On top of that I was recently advised to read in low level spanish books and also text my mom in Spanglish every chance I had. I told my mom because she hasn’t been thinking I’ve been taking things seriously and for a week or so have done so and now I’m a bit frustrated with everything after finding out how all of this could be very harmful to my actual growth.

We are working on acquiring my citizenship in her home country which makes this matter even more important to me.

I can’t drop my college class due to financial aid reasons. It’s fully asynchronous though so I’m going to try not to spend much time on it. Beyond that— does anyone have any advice on how I could best go about managing taking my class this semester (until May) while still trying to make the best of the situation and not fully ruining my input, pronunciation, or any other issues? I really enjoy the videos, would higher times be helpful or perhaps videos after my Spanish work or just before bed?

In terms of my mom I also don’t want her to feel I’m not taking learning seriously because she can’t see me trying to text in Spanish or pushing myself to speak yet. Its important to me that I find a way to get her to understand that next time I see her. Maybe sending her a link to an article is best? Whatever I do though I am determined to hold out on speaking for a while and I definitely am going to stop trying to text in Spanish for sure.