its cold!

I woke up this morning to an empty house, only to find that 6 year old was at the doctor because she has the mumps. She came home and went to sleep and my host mom and I went to the 3 year old's school picnic lunch. He wasnt very active and when we started to eat he wouldnt stop crying so we took him home only to find he also has the mumps. My host dad, who is a doctor, has to leave tomorrow for 4 days in Niigata where there is a lot of damage from the earthquake and they need medical help. So that leaves me to help my host mom who has to take care of three kids, two of which are sick and cranky. I'm never having kids. Good thing I had my mmr booster before I came here. I was hoping to be able to leave the house to explore, but without my host dad around I'm sure my host mom will need lots of help. I'm wishing I was out exploring Japan instead of babysitting, but hopefully my other homestays will take me to do stuff. And I know my host mom needs the help. Besides that, the picnic was fun. It was at a school where they teach the kids english, so I was able to talk with the teachers. I drank a mountain dew for the first time since i've been here and it was absolutely amazing. I'd better not get the mumps.

Maebashi, Japan