Brian and I made a quick trip to Alexandria, La to visit with his mom, sisters and niece. We decided at the last minute to leave a day early and visit Coushatta. We are not the gambling type, but an extra night away together was enticing! Because we made the last minute decision, the nicer hotels were booked. We booked a room at Quality Inn, which is part of the Choice Hotels that Brian has points with from corporate travel. Now, I'm really not that picky, as long as the room is clean and safe. Neither one of those were the problem. Upon arrival at 3:00 pm, the room's air conditioner was turned off. I kid you not, it was a 100 degrees in the room. I promptly called the front desk and was told all rooms have a/c off. What? I've never, ever stayed in a hotel where the a/c was turned off in the middle of the summer! I was not a happy camper! I need, and I mean just that, NEED a cool room! We left for the dinner buffet at Coushatta, which was another disappointment! It was good, but not $30 each good. No seafood! No seafood in Louisiana? I don't get seafood often as Brian is allergic to seafood, so no seafood on top of a hot hotel room, made me pout! We played the slots for a while, didn't win, but didn't lose much either. I was amazed watching the amounts of money being blown! No thank you, Brian works too hard for our money! We returned to a still hot room! It eventually cooled off, around 1 am. Finally sleep? Not! Every 30 minutes a train went by! Oh, my, already wishing I were home!
So, we load up after no sleep and head on to Alexandria. Our next hotel is the Comfort Inn, one we had stayed at in the past. We open the door to our room and fridgid air slaps us in the face! YES! Yes, yes! I'm finally a happy girl! We ate the best pizza in the world, BJs, always a must when we visit!
We had a great visit with the family! Relaxing and nice! Granny loved Brian's IPad! Who would have thunk? We didn't have to watch Fox news the whole time we were there!
I visited the Funky Fleur de Lis, (can't go to Alexandria without browsing this store)! Except I did more than browse, oooops, just had to have some things!
It's so nice for us to be able to get a way for a few days now that the kids are self sufficient! Sometimes taking a break from everyday routines is just what we need! Of course after 3 nights away I missed the boys and Marlee! Always good to be back home!
