state of the Spanish

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I spent a good chunk of the afternoon with my Guatemalan friend Claudia, which was great. I was happy to learn that my Spanish is at roughly the same level as the last time I had a long conversation in Spanish, which was the last time I was out here. Interestingly, my conversational fluency is higher: I'm speaking more easily and thinking about it less, but my grammar is worse. I caught myself making some really basic mistakes. Still, overall, I'm feeling pretty good about it!