11 years ago I graduated from the University with a Russian major and a 5 month old baby. I tried to continue reading Russian, but my life was busy and very exhausting (Now that I have 6 kids I wonder how I could ever have been busy with just one.), so Russian slipped out of my mind. I needed piano servicing recently and the piano technician is Russian. He is now a family friend. I spoke Russian to him last night. I am studying my old, first year book to relearn grammar, but I also reference some other books and google to learn vocabulary that I actually use in real life.