diff --git a/mylib/lib.py b/mylib/lib.py
index fd44535..3822a88 100644
--- a/mylib/lib.py
+++ b/mylib/lib.py
@@ -1,119 +1,51 @@
-"""
-library functions
-"""
-
 import os
-import requests
+import pyspark.sql.functions as F
 from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
-from pyspark.sql.functions import when, col
-
-from pyspark.sql.types import StructType, StructField, IntegerType
-
-LOG_FILE = "pyspark_output.md"
+from pyspark.sql.types import StructType, StructField, StringType, IntegerType
 
 
-def log_output(operation, output, query=None):
-    """Adds output information to a markdown file."""
-    with open(LOG_FILE, "a") as file:
-        file.write(f"The operation is {operation}\n\n")
-        if query:
-            file.write(f"The query is {query}\n\n")
-        file.write("The truncated output is: \n\n")
-        file.write(output)
-        file.write("\n\n")
-
-
-def start_spark(appName):
-    """Starts a Spark session with the specified application name."""
-    spark = SparkSession.builder.appName(appName).getOrCreate()
+def start_spark(app_name="MyApp"):
+    spark = SparkSession.builder.appName(app_name).getOrCreate()
     return spark
 
 
 def end_spark(spark):
-    """Stops the Spark session."""
     spark.stop()
-    return "stopped spark session"
-
 
-def extract(
-    url=None,
-    file_path="/Users/liuliangcheng/Desktop/Duke/IDS_DE/ids_de_mini10/data/US_birth.csv",
-    directory="data",
-):
-    """Extracts a file from a URL or uses a local path if available."""
-    # If the file already exists locally, skip downloading
-    if os.path.exists(file_path):
-        return file_path
 
-    # If a URL is provided, download the file
-    if url:
-        # Ensure the directory exists
-        if not os.path.exists(directory):
-            os.makedirs(directory)
+def extract():
+    # Set a relative path for the data file
+    data_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../data/US_birth.csv")
+    if os.path.exists(data_path):
+        return data_path
+    else:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"The file {data_path} does not exist.")
 
-        with requests.get(url) as r:
-            r.raise_for_status()  # Ensure download was successful
-            with open(file_path, "wb") as f:
-                f.write(r.content)
 
-    return file_path
-
-
-def load_data(
-    spark,
-    data="/Users/liuliangcheng/Desktop/Duke/IDS_DE/ids_de_mini10/data/US_birth.csv",
-    name="USBirthData",
-):
-    """Loads data into a Spark DataFrame with the appropriate schema."""
-    # Set schema for US_birth.csv
+def load_data(spark):
+    data_path = extract()
     schema = StructType(
         [
             StructField("year", IntegerType(), True),
-            StructField("month", IntegerType(), True),
-            StructField("date_of_month", IntegerType(), True),
-            StructField("day_of_week", IntegerType(), True),
+            StructField("month", StringType(), True),
+            StructField("day", IntegerType(), True),
             StructField("births", IntegerType(), True),
         ]
     )
-
-    df = spark.read.option("header", "true").schema(schema).csv(data)
-
-    log_output("load data", df.limit(10).toPandas().to_markdown())
-
+    df = spark.read.option("header", "true").schema(schema).csv(data_path)
     return df
 
 
-def query(spark, df, query, name):
-    """Executes a SQL query using Spark SQL."""
-    df = df.createOrReplaceTempView(name)
-
-    log_output("query data", spark.sql(query).toPandas().to_markdown(), query)
-
-    return spark.sql(query).show()
-
-
 def describe(df):
-    """Generates descriptive statistics for the DataFrame."""
-    summary_stats_str = df.describe().toPandas().to_markdown()
-    log_output("describe data", summary_stats_str)
-
-    return df.describe().show()
+    df.describe().show()
 
 
-def example_transform(df):
-    """Performs an example transformation on the DataFrame."""
-    # Example transformation to categorize days as 'Weekend' or 'Weekday'
-    conditions = [
-        (col("day_of_week") == 1)
-        | (col("day_of_week") == 7),  # Assuming 1 = Sunday, 7 = Saturday
-    ]
-
-    categories = ["Weekend", "Weekday"]
+def query(spark, df, sql_query, table_name):
+    df.createOrReplaceTempView(table_name)
+    result = spark.sql(sql_query)
+    result.show()
 
-    df = df.withColumn(
-        "Day_Type", when(conditions[0], categories[0]).otherwise(categories[1])
-    )
 
-    log_output("transform data", df.limit(10).toPandas().to_markdown())
-
-    return df.show()
+def example_transform(df):
+    df = df.withColumn("day_of_week", (F.col("day") % 7) + 1)
+    df.show()