Conversation partner 4

Yesterday I met Lu at the bbq for the CIES students at Alumni Village. Lu has been wanting to meet my boyfriend and friends for a while now, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get them together. My friend/roommate Kelly and my boyfriend Alan have also been wanting to meet Lu and the CIES students that I tutor. I wanted to introduce them to all aspects of TEFL, which has now become a large part of my life. We showed up around 6 and Lu ran up to us full of excitement. I hadn't seen her in a week, so her and I caught up while we ate the delicious bbq. Kelly and Alan chimed in with several questions they wanted to know about her and her country. It was nice to have these two different parts of my life finally integrated. I'm usually an impatient person as Kelly and Alan well know, so they were very surprised/impressed with how I patient I was with Lu. There was a funny moment over dinner though. Lu said she wanted to come over and cook for us and my roommate Kelly asked if she liked cats because we have one at our apartment. Lu had a puzzled look on her face and looked to me for a translation for the word 'cats'? Alan who is from Spain said, "You know, like gatos?". Out of pure instinct he had translated cats into Spanish. We all laughed. Even though there was a little bit of a language barrier between Lu and Kelly and Alan, I am glad that they all finally met!