As with every morning, I keep hearing the door open. I never go out and look but at some point, I need to find out what causes that. Sometimes, it is a student coming in to sit in the office before school. We have chargers and desks out there and they can come in and do things before school. I am having a lot of trouble typing. Very frustrating.
Easter went ok. Didn't really do anything. We went over to Angie's so give her chocolates, her and the grandkids. Spent an hour driving there, stayed for 30 minutes, then left. Not a good visit, or not a long visit, but I was all for it. Gave us time to have lunch on the way back. Everything was open. We went to the rest stop and had McDonalds. Plus, Krispy Cream donuts. I would say it wasn't bad, but they forgot one of my burgers, I get several small burgers and they forgot the chicken one. So, by the time they had made me a new one, the rest of mine food was cold. But it's McDonalds, so who can tell.
Maeghan and Juanita had wraps. Or what were supposed to be wraps. They were not really wrapped, just kind of ingredients thrown together and held in place by the paper they were wrapped in. When I went up to get my missing burger, I found out why. The guy making the sandwiches, or it might have been a girl I couldn't really tell, was upset about something. When they told him to make my other sandwich, he informed them that he had already made it and I could see it sitting in the sandwich tray. Whatever he was upset about, he was making sandwiches and throwing them down the shelf into the waiting station. All of them were coming unwrapped and unboxed and the servers were having to re-package them before they threw them into the sacks. I think they were all upset. Maybe it was because they were having to work on Easter Sunday. I don't know. I know a lot of customers were waiting in line complaining about how long they were having to wait. It was a bad situation all around.
But as a last note about it, William had a quarter pounder meal that I bought for him. He finished that and then went and bought himself a double quarter pounder meal and ate that one too. And before you compare that to my multiple burgers, I had the special which was a small cheeseburger and a small chicken sandwich, and I added a small burger to it that I really didn't need but it's only $2 and who can pass that up.
Yesterday, Easter Monday, we didn't do anything. Or I had not planned on doing anything, but Juanita got called into work because apparently, they were swamped at the shopping center. Not sure how they had not anticipated that, but they were short-handed, so Juanita went into work. She said it was flat out the whole time, but I didn't pick her up until after the crowds had left so I didn't notice. I had to get some potatoes for dinner because I had forgot to get them at Costco earlier in the week, so I did go inside, but everything was closed when I went in, so there was no crowd.
Saturday was our big day, or the biggest day. Didn't do a lot but we went to pick up Maeghan and then went to lunch. I have decided I like going to a cafe near the beach and I want to do it every week if we can. They didn't really get the idea. Juanita suggested going to the shopping center or going to an expensive restaurant or several other things. Then she got mad at me because I wasn't taking any or her ideas. I didn't try to explain that I wanted the experience and not necessarily the food and looking at the inside of a shopping mall or spending a couple of hundred dollars at an expensive restaurant was not really the plan.
The biggest issue is there aren't really any cafe's near where we live. One or two near Maeghan and since we had already gone to one of them, we can save the other for some other time. There are several down in Redcliffe and that would have been nice, but it is an hour away and by the time we pick up Maeghan and drive there, it is a lot of time spent in the car. Plus, we have to drive by a couple of shopping centers and I am sure that means we will have to stop and to me, that kind of ruins the experience. But probably be doing that the next time. Redcliffe is just so far, though. And the actual cafe's I want to go to are not in Redcliffe but near there. I like Redcliffe, but we have been there a lot of times and something new would be better.
I am thinking of driving up the coast, but then it becomes a drive and not really going to have lunch. There are a lot of small towns I would like to visit and go to the cafe's there but there is not a lot else in these towns, so you end up going all the way up the coast and that is an all-day affair. Misses the point again.
This time, we ended up on Bribie Island. Now there are several places that meet the criteria I have set for these visits, and it is not so far away that it becomes a drive. Only about 10 minutes from Maeghan, so it is close. But the problem with the Bribie Island places is there is really no view. The main one we go to has three or four cafes, but they are behind the see wall. Meaning, you cannot see the water from there and during the summer, they get very hot with no breeze. Plus, they are very crowded. All in all, not a good experience but we have done it several times and I don't really mind doing it again, but I want to sit and relax and have some good food and those places do not really meet those criteria. They are ok, but too crowded and not very comfortable.
That is on the ocean side, and I think there should be more places along there we can try, but I don't remember seeing any when we have been. On the other side, the side where you cross the bridge to get onto the island, there are two places I know of. There are probably more, but one ok and the other is an RSL type place. The ok one does not have seating facing the water and it is all take away, so you do not get a good view and it is not a sit down and eat place. There are tables and benches, and you can walk around the building and watch the water but not really a cafe. More of a fish and chip shop, which is fine, but it has a lot of people who are just loud and noisy and are there to swim or get ice cream and not a place to relax.
The other is not an RSL but think of that type of place and you get the idea. A little bistro, or actually a huge bistro, and some slot machines in one room with a TAB in another and a bar in back but the main bistro area is facing the water and has all glass walls and windows so you can sit and look out at the water. Not really close to the water, but you have a decent view from there and there is an outdoor area if you want to sit outside.
That is where we ended up. Once again, I have to say it turned out to be expensive, but the food was good. I would have liked to stay and have coffee and dessert but with the price of the meal, that would have added another $100 dollars to the meal. We will not be going back to that place anytime soon, but I do not rule it out. Maybe after we have been a few other places. It was just too expensive. And it being Easter, a lot of kids and families having meals and making a lot of noise. All in all, a pleasant experience, but not one we will repeat anytime soon.
Other than that, we did not do anything special for Easter. Easter is a big deal here, or bigger than I am used to. Maybe it is just Juanita and her family, but it is still bigger than what I have experienced. Juanita and her family celebrated about as much as they do for Christmas. I have never done any celebrating other than on occasion, that is when the big family reunion on my mother's side used to take place. That was a big affair and usually had over a hundred people there but that only happened a few times in my life, so it was not common and really had nothing to do with Easter and more about just the family reunion.
I suppose I should be doing some work now. Everyone is starting to show up so I cannot continue to type. I will have to create entries as I go. Maybe I will have time every day during the holidays but that doesn't seem likely. I suppose I can try.
Until next time,
Later
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