Hi Everyone,

I just had a couple things I wanted to share. First, I thought our talk with Joe Allen was very helpful yesterday. It was comforting to know that hitting obstacles in a study is very normal, and that there's rarely a study where previous data is exactly what was expected. I had been getting worried that the actual data of this study wouldn't be valuable because the Worcester Roots samples were gathered in a different way than ours. So, I appreciated that Joe gave us some perspective.

I also went to the clinic last week, but I never commented on that experience. I was not signed up for that night, and it turned out there were a few too many of us, but we all found jobs to do. As was mentioned in an earlier blog post, it seems as though Marylin does not need to leave her apartment. I wrote up a letter for her to give Lupo informing him about the leaky walls and rats. Her sister was saying that the apartment passed a health inspection in May, but there are clearly still health code violations. Marylin's sister and mother are going to find out who exactly has convinced Marylin she has to leave, and whether this is true or not.

Best,
Maddie