I don't know why it's taken me so long to update my blog. I got this idea that people were saying so many nice things about it, I started feeling the pressure of making every post perfect and heartfelt and humorous. So, in order not to be affected by these particular feelings, I figured I'd commit to making this post really sucky. A lot has happened since the beginning of January, so I'm just going to give you the nutshell(s). Last time I wrote, I was participating in a clinical trial at the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Institute. Well, it didn't work. There were only three people in my cohort, and I was the only one for whom the drug didn't work. So that was pretty disappointing. The only good thing about this trial was the lack of side effects. Except for a lack of appetite, which sort of ruined my birthday. My parents were determined to take Brent and I out to a nice restaurant, but I was so exhausted and so not in the mood for food that we ended up ordering