Today was a lot less productive than I intended it to be. My plan was to go into Frechen after I took Amelie for a walk this morning and walk around a little bit, maybe buy a few things for my room. (On a side note, Amelie growled at a woman this morning during our walk and I got yelled at for it. This girl was an idiot, though. She's one of those people that's only afraid of dogs because they're afraid of dogs. Amelie didn't even care that this chick was there until she started acting like a spaz. Ok, I'm done venting.) Instead, I stayed home all day with Gustav. He got the flu, probably from the kids at Kindergarten, and stayed home today because he threw up last night and had a stomach ache all day. At one point he had a slight fever, too. Esther has to take an exam tomorrow, something to do with her accounting certification, so she's been studying and had a lot of work to do and therefore couldn't just sit and take care of Gustav all day. That was my job.

It actually wasn't that bad, though. Gustav had made a promise to Esther last night that he wouldn't put on the same act that he did yesterday afternoon, and he didn't. Although every time I walked into the room to check on him (whether it was his room or Esther's) he told me to go away, when he actually needed help he didn't fight with me. At one point he came downstairs to get something to eat and then went to lie down on the sofa. He was fussy and couldn't sleep, so I went over and sat next to him. I gave him a pillow to rest his head on and then I started to rub his back and comb my fingers through his hair. He almost immediately fell asleep. Esther said that when I went to pick up Pauline, Gustav told her that I am "sehr nett," or really nice for those of you who don't know a word of German. So that's definitely an improvement from yesterday when he pretty much hated me.

I didn't get to go out on my own until around 6:30 tonight, so it was already starting to get dark. I tried taking some pictures of buildings and things in Koenigsdorf, but all I really accomplished was discovering that dusk is the worst possible time to take pictures when you don't know how to use your camera. My pictures where pretty much crap, so I'll have to try it again during the day. And since everything closes pretty early around here, I didn't get to do much either. But it was a nice walk and I enjoyed it.

Today was Esther and Olaf's wedding anniversary, but they didn't get to do anything special because Olaf is out of town on business again. They can't go Friday for the same reason, and tomorrow they weren't able to get a reservation at the restaurant they want to go to, so hopefully they'll be able to make it this weekend. It would mean that I have to babysit the kids for them that night, but that's ok.