Running into Spanish in the wild at a comedy show
This past weekend, I went to a comedy show called Second City in Chicago (Has skits, think like SNL). And I had a beer and a THC drink, so I definitely did not feel fully sober. But one of the skits that they had was pretty much fully in Spanish.
They definitely tried to use some cognates and acted a lot with their body for the audience to understand. But I was able to fully understand every word they were saying and I was laughing at it. It felt so nice to run into Spanish and just understand it without thinking oh I need to try to understand this.
Later I asked my girlfriend how much she understood and she said she got the gist, so the actors were being helpful, but it felt like I understood the skit at a larger level.
Anyways I just thought I would share this short story. I feel like these little moments really keep me motivated.