Ta da!

My first independent federal grant, "Type C Coping, Emotional Expression, and Observed Emotion in Cancer Patients," is sitting in the FedEx box waiting to be whisked away to NCI's Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control program. If they like it, they're going to send me a hundred thousand dollars - so let's hope they like it.

Also submitted today, within half an hour of the other one: "Attitudes and Beliefs About Pregnancy Among HIV+ Women," to a University of Maryland internal funding program in women's health. It's a tiny little grant, but if they like it, they'll buy me a laptop - so let's hope they like it.

And now, home. Food. Alcohol. Fluffy TV watching. Sleep.