As we are nearing the end of our second year, I think back to when we first arrived. Back when I was itching to work, swearing I'd go crazy if I had to be a "Tai Tai", a housewife. I immediately started taking Chinese lessons and planned to be employed before we left for our first summer break.
Well, I am still learning Chinese with the help of the Rosetta CDs and Mr. Liu, but as Larry predicted, the search for gainful employment has stalled. Every once and a while, the urge to join the ranks hits, but quite frankly, I'm busier now not working than I was when I did work.
I've mentioned how it takes four times as long to do any one task. Grocery shopping is an all-day event. Laundry with my itty bitty washer is depressingly painstaking. I've ironed more in the past two years than in my previous forty-one. The school always needs volunteers and I love the fact that I can help whenever. I don't have to take a vacation day in order to go on field trips.
I also love the new social events and the gorgeous locations these events take place. I haven't been to many this year with all of the accidents and injuries that have befallen the Whitfield women. However, this past week I attended a wine-tasting lunch and had a great time. We sampled one champagne, three whites and three reds. Yes, I had a slight headache when the girls came home from school that day, but for a couple of hours I truly felt like an expat "Tai Tai".
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