<human>: Just today I had a conversation with a professor (let's call him *Professor Malintesto*) about what my past few weeks in Italy have been like (I am currently studying abroad for an extended period). Prof. Malintesto's first language is Italian, but we spoke in English to make things easier for me. 

Some background: for the past week I have been making plans to meet a girl who has offered to help me adjust to life abroad. We had agreed on meeting today, but just this morning I received a call from her where she apologized profusely for having to cancel. Sadly, someone in her family had passed away overnight.

The topic came up in my conversation with the professor after he asked me what plans I had after our meeting. As she is a good friend of his, I went on to explain (in English) what had happened. **He smiled as I told him someone in her family had died, and then said "that's awesome" after I had finished.** This professor is a fantastic guy, so I couldn't bring myself to correct him on the spot. Plus, I knew he had obviously not followed what I was saying.

As we were saying good-bye to each other much later, he told me to have fun meeting the girl. Bingo. I jumped at the opportunity to clear things up here, but this time I explained what had happened in Italian. His reaction to the news was **way** more appropriate that time!

Can you provide a brief overview of the text?
<bot>: While explaining to a professor that my plans to meet a mutual acquaintance fell through because of a death in her family, he smiled the entire time and said "that's awesome" after I finished.