Last of the Chemo-hicans and the Dawn of a New Data

I am so happy to announce that my wife and I are finally done with Chemo! Sarah Kay went through a scan to double check everything and they said we were clear! Just a few spots to monitor over the next several months/years to make sure it doesn't come back. If it does come back, it usually happens sooner than later (but it's unlikely with our treatment that it will come back). So for now we will meet every 3 months for a year, then every 6 months for two years, then every year after that until we get sick and tired of seeing the doctor. Oh the irony!

So really, I'm just happy to move on with bigger and better things. Which is why my wife and I went on a super spontaneous adventure for a tour of the West Coast!

Provo -> Pullman, WA -> Seattle -> Olympic National Park -> Portland, OR -> Redwoods, CA -> San Francisco -> Sacramento -> Salt Flats, UT -> Provo. Here is us at a visit to Stanford. Check out instagram.com/derek.mllr for more photos.

So now things get rollin'. SK (nickname for Sarah Kay) is in school taking a lighter load to ease back into the swing of things. And there is no easing back into nothin' for me! I'm taking a beast-load of math classes. We had homework to work on before school even started that's how beast-load-ish this is. I decided to record my time spent doing homework (which really helps my focus surprisingly) and I'm shocked at how much time I've spent already. Just today I spent 480 minutes (8 hours) on only two assignments, both due today, with one due at 9 am (I got up at 5:30 to finish it) and 5 pm. It's only day 3 and I've spent 746 minutes (12.43 hours) in total homework time FOR ONLY 2 CLASSES. This semester is going to be nuts. But despite the lack of time, I hope to get some personal projects done. I'm such an optimist. Optimist Prime.