Three good things: 1. This week is my birthday. Yes, it's the entire week. "IT WAS THE LONGEST LABOR IN HISTORY" my mother used to say, repeatedly, every chance she got. Anyway, to celebrate, my husband Chris made birthday cupcakes, which makes him the bestest of the three good things here. 2. Exactly 4 years ago today I got a pathology report I never expected or wanted: I had anal cancer... and the margins weren't clean. But with great doctors, chemo, radiation, and 4 fun-filled trips to the OR, I got cured. And now I'm at the gym 3 times a week, lifting weights and feeling great. In one more year, we hit that magical 5 year mark and my surgeon can stop looking for trouble. 3. Finally, today, we finish 99% of the things needed to settle my friend Bill's estate. The estate sale went well, the house is sold, and the final trip under the Golden Gate Bridge to scatter Bill and his partner Gordon's ashes has been booked. Bill's 95 year journey is ending, but he will live on in our memories.