"I coming..."

I'm starting to realize how frustrating it must've been for my parents to take me anywhere when I was constantly lagging behind and taking my time to walk from place to place. Pauline does the same thing, and it drives me nuts sometimes. She doesn't just walk slow, though. If she sees somebody doing anything remotely interesting, she just stops and stares. It's not a big deal when you don't have anywhere to go or aren't in a hurry, but when you just really need to get somewhere it makes you want to pull your hair out. Like this afternoon when we took Amelie for a walk. Amelie's been having issues with tummy aches in the afternoon a lot lately, and she had one today. When Pauline and I went to take her for a walk, I knew that Amelie just needed to get to the field so she could do her thing. Pauline would not move at faster than a snail's pace, if she was moving at all. Poor Amelie was being such a good girl, but she was whining and wimpering because all she really wanted to do was poop. It would be so much easier if I could just throw Pauline in a stroller at times like that.

I took Pauline to the market in Frechen today. Every Friday there's a stand there that comes down from Norway and sells fresh fish. Since they only come on Fridays, Esther was really never able to make time to go because she had to work and make sure everything was ok with Pauline. She's really excited that I have a driver's license and am able to drive with Pauline to the market because now we can buy fish every week. Not that we can't get fish anywhere else, just that it's cheaper and fresher to buy it at the market.

Esther's oldest sister (she's 14 years older) and her husband came to visit us this evening. I think they got a little lost on the way because they were supposed to be here between 6 and 7 and didn't show up until about 8. For dinner we ate the fish that I bought today at the market. It was a little difficult for me, because it was cooked and served as a whole fish. The guts had been removed and everything, but it still had fins and a head, and I really don't like my food to still look like an animal. Plus, at one point I went to move something and I accidentally stuck my thumb in it's eye. It was kinda sad and a little disturbing. But it was delicious, and the sauce that Esther made to put on the potatoes was amazing.