Let's begin with the ridiculous experience I had with my first shamrock shake of the season. In my first attempt on Saturday afternoon to enjoy my beloved shake, the line at my local McDonald's was far too long. (As if I need anymore factors to tell me that I don't NEED a shake, there's nothing like a long line, coupled with my impatience that will get me to drive right past it.)
On Sunday afternoon, I pulled up to Mickey D's and the line was short and sweet. I pulled up to the drive thru window and there was a new image of the limited edition Shamrock "McCafe Shake". The shamrock flavor, was in a category with other featured McCafe shakes, but I didn't pay much attention to anything else. I did notice however that there was whipped cream in the picture and there's no need for additional calories on this already wonderful treat. So I asked for sans whipped cream. I paid and eagerly drove on by to the next window to pick up my treat, only to find this strange red object floating in my shake (see photo below). They put a CHERRY on top of my
mint shamrock shake.
Why McDonald's? Why did you ruin my perfectly good shake with a cherry?? It doesn't belong there? Perhaps on other drinks it would be welcomed, but not on a mint shamrock shake! Ugh. Needless to say, after I dug out the cherry and called my sister to tell her to get minus whip and cherry, I did drink the shake. And it was good, as shamrock shakes go. But it wasn't the experience I was hoping for...sigh.
On to other disappointing news, the Troy Public Library will officially close it's doors on May 1. Growing up, my Dad would take me and my sisters to the library almost every Saturday. He was obsessed with books and encouraged us to read. Sometimes we would be there for hours, pouring over the books and picking out that week's selection. As I got older, I would spend many hours there studying for upcoming exams. And even now, I've gone a handful of times to their Friends of the Library store. They have great deals on books that have the old binding on them that I
love... I have a lot of good memories there, that I'll be very sad to see it go.
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