I tried to be good this past week and write a post. So what happens when I finally have the time to sit down and do this? "Website temporarily unavailable. Sorry for the inconvenience." What a pain in the butt.

Anyway, on Tuesday afternoon when the kids got home Gustav walked right into the house without first washing his hands, as he always tries to do. I asked him if he washed his hands and he responded, "I can't." "Why not?" "Because of this." Then he showed me his left hand and all I could reply was, "Oh my god! What happened?!" That morning Gustav wanted to help make the coffee (something which he had been asking for days to be able to do) and he was allowed to help. He poured so much water into the filter that boiling water and coffee grinds went flowing all over the counter, the floor, and Gustav. The skin on two of his fingers on his left hand boiled off instantly, and he has burn blisters on his thigh and foot. His hand is pretty nasty. To be completely honest, it was a really stupid decision to allow him to make the coffee. The kid has the coordination of a 2 year old sometimes, something which you would immediately notice if you've ever seen him eat, or run. And when he's tired (like at 7 in the morning when it's time to make coffee) it's even worse. I feel bad for poor little Gustav, and at the same time I'm irritated and a little angry that it happened in the first place. I know shit happens, and it was an accident. But it's an accident that should never have even had the possibility of happening because that kid should never have been trusted with a pot of boiling water. Luckily, though, his hand is healing really well and it doesn't seem to be bothering him.

Friday evening my friends and I kicked off our grill season at Aachener Weiher. Elena had been in the Ukraine for 2 weeks and came back Friday morning. I hadn't seen her in a while, so we decided it would be fun to meet up at Aachener Weiher to hang out and barbecue. A lot of people actually ended up showing up, which made it a lot of fun. I think it was around midnight when we finally packed up (I had to wait until all the opened food had been cooked because it was my grill) and left. We definitely plan to be doing a lot more of that during this summer.

Yesterday I went rollerblading with Dennis along the Rhein. That was a lot of fun. I'm sure we both looked like idiots, because neither of us had attempted to rollerblade in at least 10 years. But we both managed without falling, and we had a great time. That's something else that I will probably be doing a lot of this summer, at least I hope so.

Today we had a soccer game, but I didn't get to play. It was a league game and I'm still not technically a member of the team, so I'm not allowed to play. But we're working on changing that.