Hope your cat speaks English.

One of the ways I know that my Spanish is improving that I'm able to pick up on the little things now.

For example, I recently heard a friend mention in passing that "Un gato tiene siete vidas," or "A cat has seven lives."

After asking my friend to repeat the saying, and after double-checking with some other friends, I found out that, in Spanish, cats only have 7 lives, not 9. They were equally surprised to hear that cats in the U.S. have 9.

So, sadly our Peruvian cats have two less opportunities to bounce back than their English speaking counterparts.

Good to know.