March 5, 2013

• Home Again

  Well, we’re back home and now we’re both sick. Mercy’s cold is the gift that keeps on giving! I have had a relatively mild case due to my zinc regimen, but  poor Walter is really suffering (he rejected the zinc).

  Yesterday we slept in and tried to rest up a little before going to meet Flynn for lunch after he got out of church. We met at our favorite Ethiopian restaurant, which Flynn had been unable to find on his own. While at the restaurant, Walter goaded me into asking the waitress (whom I believe was the owner) about why my injera comes out too crispy unless I flip it. She explained to me that you have to cover the pan for a few seconds to get the top to set properly. Nowhere in any of my research has there been a mention of this. It almost makes me want to use my last bag of teff flour to do some experimenting!

  After lunch we went to Flynn’s apartment to drink tea and watch a movie. Then I helped him make rice cakes. He tried to make them himself recently, and the frying pan caught on fire and it was a rather traumatizing experience. So I coached him through the whole process, during which we realized that he had left out a couple of things when he did it. The end result was that he had a nice pan full of rice cakes which he can reheat whenever he wants.

  One of the things that Flynn had left out of his rice cakes was salt. This is because he has no salt whatsoever in his apartment. I’m not sure I have ever known of someone not having salt. So, when I realized he didn’t have any, I said, “Well, we can just use the salt in my purse then.” Which led him to say, incredulously, “You have salt in your purse?” Why, yes I do. Not always, but when we’re traveling I always put a mini salt and pepper shaker in my purse because you never know where you’ll be eating and if the food might need a little help. And now I feel fully vindicated for this practice.

  Flynn took us to a Chinese place for supper, where he was delighted that the waitress noticed his unicorn chopsticks and admired them. Then it was time to say goodbye and head back to our hotel. Walter was feeling very poorly and I was not much better.

  This morning we were on the road by 9:00 and headed home. It was good to get back, even though I had to sit right down at my computer and start getting ready for my class. It worked out okay, but now I am behind in Geography after my busy weekend and have only one more day to catch up!

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