The Life of Carl

It's a miracle! It's Tuesday evening..... and I am at home. I walked into the apartment by 6:30 pm. That means I put in less than a 12 hour day. I need to write this date on the calendar.

Everyone is home, except Nick. Carl and Jacob are playing Sorry Sliders at the kitchen table. Ben and Abbi are draped across the living room furniture doing their nightly homework. Nick is still at school.

So you know a lot about what my life has been like since our moving to Taiwan. But what about the rest of the family? I am so glad you asked because that's exactly what I planned on sharing with you tonight!


 Carl's life has been turned upside down. After 29 years at a great job, he now takes care of the home front. And I am slightly embarrassed  to admit that he does it better than me!

 The kids have already declared him the best pizza maker in the family.  He does the grocery shopping  which is a lot different than our old Walmart/Kroger  days. He goes to 4 different stores to accomplish stocking the kitchen: Costco- twice a month for our more American desires, the bread store- a couple times a week for, yep, you guessed, bread, the vegetable market-a couple times a week, and the fruit market as needed.  But don't worry, he is not alone. His Coscto trips are with two other male accompanying spouses whose wives work at the school.

He  refills our 5 gallon jug down at the school several times a week for our drinking and cooking water.

He does the laundry, cleans the house, and cook.

Tomorrow, he is substituting in a Spanish class. Don't worry, he is only giving a test! His other part time job with the school, at this moment, is at a slow point. When the time comes to order textbooks for next year, Carl will be busy again. He will be responsible to order, arrange shipment, and disperse all the textbooks for the three campuses.

And starting next week, he is donning a new cap- the jv girl's basketball coach. God is so good!

But life isn't all work and no play for Carl. Friday, he and one of his Coscto buddies, are heading to the mountains. I can't wait to see the pictures!


I thank God continually for blessing me with a loving, supportive, and amazing husband!