Flight Changes and Cheesy Biscuits

Wednesday March 10th 2010 5:15pm

I recieved a text message from Freddy around 8:30 last night asking if we could go out to Applebee's to catch up. I had no plans for the evening, and thought it was a good sign that he wanted to go somewhere and talk, even if it was Applebee's. I had previously called Marisela and she said that we could share a cab to work, since Freddy wasn't taking me anymore, and that she would call in the morning when they were ready.

On our way to Applebee's, Freddy asked, and I told him about how things had gone at the office and he caught me up on how he had been informed of the bad news on Monday. It was a very weird and awkward conversation. I had seen Up in the Air just a few days earlier, and in some tiny way felt like I understood some of the movie a little bit better. I was even tempted to say some of the lines from the movie. Don't worry, I didn't.

At the restaurant, Dario, Sedok, and a few other guys were already sitting at a table. I didn't know that they were going to be there also, and it came as a surprise to me to find them there. It came as a bigger surprise to me when Freddy asked me not to say anything to them because they didn't know.

That was probably one of the oddest social interactions of my life. And I went to Bethany College.

This morning, I woke up around 6:30, got ready, and waited for Marisela's phone call.

By 10:00, I was pretty sure that it was more than normal Marisela tardiness. I called and was informed that she had just gotten to the office, and had forgotten about me. I asked her, if it was okay for me to take the day to work from home. She said that it was, and I thought it was probably for the best.

I spent the rest of the morning working on emails, and preparing for the upcoming group. One email that I got was from Global Ministries with the subject line: Change in Flight Plans. Well that was frustrating. I had assumed, that I would probably have to reschedule for a later date, but was pleasantly surprised when India, Felix's assistant, let me know that due to high travel costs, it would be more cost-efficient for me to fly into Cincinnati a day earlier, and leave a day later. She wanted to know if it would be okay with me before she booked the flights. Heck yes that's okay with me!

In the afternoon, I was finished up everything that I had planned, and walked to the bumper boats mall, where I found a Bisquik 15 minute recipe for three cheese biscuits, like the kind from Red Lobster. I'm not sure if you know this about me, but those biscuits are pretty much why I go to Red Lobster. I am looking forward to making them and then gorging myself on them tonight. Let's hope this goes better than the strawberry pie fiasco.