The days between

Since Quin’s treatment was set for Tuesday, we had a few days to relax. The hospital had an area that had a lot of Christmas decorations and we wanted to see them at night, so we walked to the hospital to look at the lights. They were really pretty and we recognized a few of them from our own stash of Christmas décor! Quin has also become quite the gentleman while staying here. Jason has taught him to open doors for me and it is the cutest thing ever! He has also become an expert at opening the room door with the key card. Every time we walk from the cafeteria to our room, we have to walk through a set of doors. Quin will always run up to open the door for me and Jason and then quickly say "Key" afterward so he can run to our room to open that door.  I love it! 
 Saturday we went to the Santa Monica pier. The weather was perfect. It was in the 70’s and sunny. We walked up and down the pier, saw a seal in the blue waters and then walked along the boardwalk and played on a playground. We then enjoyed clam chowder in a bread bowl and Quin had fun with his food.  Sunday we drove around Hollywood but opted not to get out since Quin fell asleep and there were a lot of people walking up and down the Hollywood walk of fame with the stars in the ground. I had always imagined that being in a nice part of town and it being beautiful and glamorous. The truth is far from. It’s in a dirty part of town and just not as nice as I had imagined, which somehow made it even less appealing. Instead we tried for more of a scenic drive and went up to one of the “make out points” that are in the movies and looked out over the city. We were then going to go to the observatory it was super busy and we couldn’t find a parking spot. So we found a park instead. I think Quin was much happier with that option anyway.  Monday we explored Venice beach a bit and walked out on a fishing pier and then ended up going back to the Santa Monica pier. This time Quin got to ride on an old Merry-go-round. It had all the charm you could imagine and had a lot of "umph". I haven’t ridden a Merry-go-round in years and I very quickly remembered why (gag). But I still loved the look of it and Quin had so much fun riding up and down on the horse. We enjoyed lunch at the same restaurant again and then called it a day to prepare for the coming morning.