Sunday Adventure

Linda wants to move to this county and plans to buy a house. She had a list of places she's interested in, so I rode with her this afternoon to look at them before she decides which ones to see with the realtor. We walked around the houses and peeped in windows. It was fun. I just love looking at houses and would have kept my real estate license renewed if that's all there were to it. Unfortunately, it's like being on call all the time and then learning about financing.

We stopped by to see my mother for a little while since we were in the area and then went to Papa Boudreaux's Cajun Cafe for dinner. It was delicious and just as enjoyable as before. They hire inexperienced waitresses and don't train them sufficiently. The chef has the kitchen staff plate the entree too soon. Both times we barely ate two bites of salad and a little bread before (poof!), the entree speedily appeared before its time. A friend's son works there as a prep chef and told her about that and said the chef rushes them to do this. Next time, I think I'll ask the waitress to have them wait until I finish my salad to bring my entree.


Maybe I'll have better luck than when I told her I'm allergic to raw onions and wanted the scallions removed. She said there aren't that many of them, and they're just green onion tops. Huh? I told her I'd just pick them off, but she took the dish back to the kitchen for them to do it. When she brought my food back, the whole scallion was still on there, but the chopped tops were gone. I said there was still an onion on it but that it was OK because I'd just take it out. She said the cooks told her it wasn't an onion but a garnish. What? I calmly told her it was a garnish that was an onion. She apologized and said she asked them about it and wondered. Strange! Great food and weird service. I'll go back because I like the food but would like to do some training!


We left the restaurant which is in the Ramada Inn, got in our cars, and Linda drove off. I started my car and it quit. I started it again and revved the engine, and it stopped running again. Thank goodness I joined AAA around a month ago! I called them, and they said someone would be there in a little over an hour. I went back in the lobby and watched Celebrity Apprentice with the desk clerk. I know her parents (who own the hotel) and remember her when she was in high school. She's a realtor now, so we discussed some things I wanted to know for Linda. It was a nice change to have someone to discuss it with while the show was on, so the wait was sort of fun.

The wrecker got there just as Celebrity Apprentice ended. I rode with him in the tow truck as he towed my car to the service center. I will need to call them early in the morning. Tina is going to drive me to my massage appointment, and I'll cancel some other things I was going to do. Hope nothing is expensively wrong with my car.

The day's activities lasted longer than I'd planned, but it worked out.