You know what…this really shouldn’t have been a great day. It should have been one of the worst…but it wound up being a great great day. I was determined to get stressed about potentially losing my phone. But the tests just kept on coming. I made my reservation to fly home two months ago. So I booked them to fly out on the 19th. There is only one flight out at that is 3:50 am. So all this time Im thinking I fly out on Thur. Night/Fri Morning…when in actuality it was Wed. Night/Thur morning. So I woke up this morning…with kind of a sick feeling. I checked my ticket and sure enough. I missed my flight. Boy did I feel foolish. I hopped in the car and headed to the ticketing agent. The traffic was horrible…the longest it had ever taken me to drive that section. But I was determined to stay calm and not get upset over the situation. I got to the ticket agent and was able to rebook my ticket for only the cancellation fee of $75 and the difference in ticket cost which was $125. So Im very very lucky/blessed that everything turned out as smoothly as it did. That has never happened to me before. It turns out it was a huge blessing that I was able to stay an extra day at work. I had so much to do. I was able to get it all done. Im only going to be gone for 9 days, but they are a critical 9 days as there is a project that needs to be nearly completed by the time I get back. I got others to produce it for me, but I have a feeling when I get back…It will be thrown in my lap. Its just a hunch.
I was able to get all my work done plus leave the office on time to play a game of Squash with Mr. Finland. I finally won a game from him. He had beaten me every time we had played thus far. He is turning into a really good friend. He invited me over to dinner after the game. I ate with his lovely wife Mrs. Finland. Mrs. Finland is a wonderful girl, she’s part of Funniest Person in Bahrain Cast. But the best part of the night other than the great food and conversation, were there two boys. They have two boys 4 and 3. I do miss those ages. So I played around, tickled, wrestled and goofed around with them. It not only made me miss my own kids but gave me an incredible desired to have more. I think I will have more someday too. I feel like my life is like Job, where he lost so much, and God restored double to Him for everything he lost. Now the difference between Job and myself is Im certainly not blameless, but I believe I am upright. It will be interesting to see how the rest of my life plays out. But like this morning when I didn’t panic and totally rested in knowing God is in control (even though I screwed up) I know that God will usher out his “perfect” plan in my life. Im totally 100% in believing that he’ll take care of me every step of the way.
I have so many movies to watch and books to read on the plane. Plus Emirates has like 500 hours of entertainment programming on demand. Since not a lot of hit movies make to Bahrain this is my chance to catch up on all the latest. I actually am looking forward to my flight out. Im hoping I can upgrade to Business class on the way back…that would make me look forward to it even more. At this point, I can justify spending the thousands extra for a bigger seat and more diet cokes. So I’ll sit in economy and remind myself, Im making $100/hour just by sitting and sleeping.
My flight leaves in three hours, I haven’t started packing yet…I guess I better get to it.
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