Bad burger review

Yesterday, on the way home from my daughter's surgery (day surgery, she was more or less dozing in the car all the way home), we decided to get In-N-Out Burgers so that she could (finally!) eat something more substantial than a graham cracker and water.  We pulled into the line and waited *15 minutes* for the drive through.  *15 minutes!!*  Not only that, but...it was, well, my mirror in the car registered 100 degrees.  That would be Farenheit, but still...It was hot.  I think it was a ridiculous thing to wait 15 minutes to get an order.  There were cars packed in the lot and over 20 cars in the drive through.  They had two guys out there (IN THE HEAT!), taking orders from people as they got in line and one guy who sent the info to the inside, where they made the order.
I couldn't believe how packed that place was.  The burgers were, in my opinion, horrible.  They were NOT all that!  I spent close to $20.00 for three meals.  That's goofy. They messed up my order too...I asked for 2 cheeseburger meals (nasty!) and a regular hamburger meal. Somehow, we wound up with three cheeseburgers.  I don't think they put onions on two of them, which was fine.  The sandwiches were soggy when we got home--we only had about another 10 minute drive to get home--and the fries were cold.  I do mean cold.  Not lukewarm, just cold.
I won't waste my money at an overpriced California burger joint again.  I definitely appreciate home-grown food. I prefer not waiting for 15 minutes in the sun to get to a drive through window to get food that is soggy and cold when I get it home.

Maybe it's just a jaded opinion, but I wasn't excited by INOB.  I won't be eating there again.  It just didn't make my day.

Approaching the century mark

This is now a thing of the past.  Today, for the first time, the mirror displayed 100 degrees.  Summer is definitely here.  The weatherman on the news just said that it was 102 in Pensacola, Florida, so it's hotter in other parts of the world.  It's just too darned early.  Guess I'll have to live with running the air conditioner for the next however many months.

Summer is here

Summer has officially started for my children.  They celebrated by having sleepovers on Friday night.  It was different with two boys and two girls in the house.  The girls are teenagers--they'll be 16 within days of each other.  The boys are both 11 and that was amusing.  My husband and I spent the evening Friday night listening to the girls giggle, listening to the boys talking and laughing at something.  It was really different.  I'm glad that they had fun.
My son wound up not sleeping very well.  He was up very early yesterday.  He crashed hard on Saturday.  He fell asleep around 4:00 pm and got up at 7:00 this morning.  He has been happily helping out in the kitchen this morning and not complaining about any of it.  

This summer is going to be a little different from past summers.  The kids are both going to be attending a flute camp this year.  It'll be fun because my son is starting into Band in the 6th grade.  He tested out for flute, so will play it.  I need to get over to the music store and find out if we can get the flute I have on order for him BEFORE school starts.  It'll be fun.  They're both going to ride their bikes to the school the camp is being held at.  That'll be a summer experience in and of itself.  My daughter is also going on vacation with a friend's family this year.  She'll be going to Virgina and I think, Pennsylvania.  My son and I are going camping with Boy Scouts in Oklahoma.


Our summer is filled toward the latter part. The first part of the summer will be spent just enjoying time off.  The kids are resting and relaxing. I just wish I could.