Cianna, who is running on 1/3 less sleep than normal per doc's instructions to prepare for mild anesthesia, was ready for this morning's road trip to have her electrodes attached. We had episodes of crankiness, but hopefully she'll get a decent nap later today. As we were getting in the car, Geoff arrived to do some exterior house painting. Cianna called him "Santa!" and gave him a hug. I was thinking, yeah, even Santa has put off retirement to earn extra money in the off season doing home maintenance.

- mike lee - wheaton, md