oh, you should check out doulingo.com then, its a good suplimentary site with lots of practice exercises and such to keep you going
. (everything from translating sentences from articles to writing down what somebody is saying.) As for chat in german can't say much yet, I know how to spell and use regular verbs and a handfull of vocab. So I don't think I would have much to say yet in german ^^;. I don't even know if speaking in another language then english in chat is allowed.