I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M

When I was younger, before I could read or write, my parents used to spell words out aloud to each other if they didn't want me to understand.  "Do you think it's too late for a M-O-V-I-E?"  "We could get I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M!"  It was so frustrating, but it made me want to learn how to read and write.  And that is kind of how I feel here, with a different language being spoken all around me.  I yearn to understand what people are saying and chip in, "Yeah we totally should get I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M!"  I can't understand a majority of the mystery words that they're saying yet, but I know that I will.  Because I remember the day that I found out that my parents were spelling out Movie.  I got so excited that I screamed, "A MOVIE!!! YES YES YES!"  And I definitely have small victories like that everyday.  Today, for example, I learned the word sorvete.  Which, by the way, is ice cream.