Me: It didn't seem like work that would be very... ummm, what's the word? Geez, I don't know what word I'm trying to say.
Ma: That's okay.
Me: You know that word for when you do something and it makes you think more deeply and do other things better?
Ma: Stimulate?
Me: What?
Ma: STIMULATE.
Me: Stim...u...? Yeah! That word! The work didn't seem very stimulating.
I'm forgetting English words, it's sadfunny. And don't even get me started on the idioms that don't flow like they used to. This is what I get for being a language learner. Talk about being uprooted!
Ma: That's okay.
Me: You know that word for when you do something and it makes you think more deeply and do other things better?
Ma: Stimulate?
Me: What?
Ma: STIMULATE.
Me: Stim...u...? Yeah! That word! The work didn't seem very stimulating.
I'm forgetting English words, it's sadfunny. And don't even get me started on the idioms that don't flow like they used to. This is what I get for being a language learner. Talk about being uprooted!
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