It was an up and down kind of day today. All of the sleep deprivation that we have been encountering over the last while is catching up to all of us. We got up early this morning in order to drop Samantha off with my Mom so that they could go to Campbell River for the weekend and visit Great Grandma Sugar, Uncle Garry, and Auntie Maxine. She will be sorely missed all weekend, but I am sure that she will have a great time keeping everyone busy and running out there. She does have a lot of energy, I hope she doesn't wear everyone out.

Brenn had a restless sleep last night, and with her having her IV chemo Tuesday, she was pretty low all day. However, she went to the school at the hospital for the first time today. she was a little scared, but once we got there and noticed that she would have the same teacher that came to her room a couple times during her stay at the hospital, she settled right in. She got a little over 2 hours of one-on-one teaching today, and is supposed to go back again tomorrow for another 2 hour session. Brenns teacher, Mrs. Bluemink, sent down all of the stuff that Brenns class is working on, so Brenn will be able to keep up with the rest of her class. The one-on-one teaching should really help her. She really seemed to excel today. Christine and I went for a quick walk and a coffee when Brenn started school, and then went back to kind of eavesdrop on them. Brenn is really coming along with her reading and math skills. It really is amazing to watch your child learn how to do such complex things as read and math. I don't think that a parent could avoid being proud of their child as they discover these kinds of things.

After school, Brenn wanted a sub from Subway with only bread and turkey. After we got her sandwich, we went down to Kits beach and threw her bread for the seagulls, while she ate her meat. Next time, we will see if they have any old bread that we can take, and just get her some meat and vegetables. I think she would get a little more out of it. Once lunch was done we drove over to Granville island to see the new billboard here that is covered with 24 carrot gold leaf. The sign was quite amazing, especially the security guard that was standing underneath it. It's not every day you get to see a sign that big that is made entirely of gold. It was pretty cool. We came back to Ronald McDonald house after that and really had a power outage kind of afternoon. Brenn would not sleep, and so tonight was quite grumpy. I do believe that she will have one of the best sleeps of her life tonight, well, I hope so anyway.

Scott