Mental gymnastics

It turns out you can access very old language acquisition by the mental equivalent of getting a running start. I couldn't remember the Spanish word for Tuesday...so, I started with Sabado, and quickly ran through Domingo, Lunes, and MARTES was right there, tumbling out of my memory. Makes me hopeful. Today a native Spanish speaker told me that after listening to me say something simple in Spanish, my accent "wasn't too bad". I'll take that as a superb compliment.