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Those numbers in the blog title?

That was the mileage on my odometer when I was safely home again from my foray into the chill temperatures.

I needed a break from the meals of soup, and Melaness provided that: a gift card to Texas Roadhouse!

Plus, that restaurant had gifted me a coupon for a free appetizer!

After all was said and done, I essentially had three meals for less than $13.

I ordered the Country Veg Dinner and the Killer Ribs, two favorites!

Yes, I realize that Chili is "soup", but I like to open up the baked potato and then pour the chili all over it - so very good!

That's a meal that goes on a plate quite nicely.

Sadly, that's not what I received.

The first issue was my order had been canceled due to a lack of chili.

That was AFTER they had texted to tell me my order was ready.

 So I bop over to the pickup window - which is OUTSIDE, in the COLD - only to have the girl inside tell me the order was canceled and I'd have to pay for the ribs.

Say what?

So when she went to get a manager, I went inside, out of the high forties F.

The manager explained that they were out of chili at the time the order was placed, but they had it now.

Okay, I could wait...

but, he told me, I would still need to pay, because the order had been canceled so the money had been returned to my card.

But I paid by gift card...

oh, he said, then it probably wasn't refunded to that.

No matter, as I didn't have it with me...

hmm... that's okay, he would still honor the coupon for the ribs, and he'd zero out the balance due for the re-order.

That was good, and I thanked him for handling it so well.

Then I got home and found I had two sweet potatoes and no baked potato.

I also only had two rolls instead of four.

Fine.

At least everything still tasted good.

I ate the chili and one sweet potato right away as a late lunch.

Half of the ribs and french fries followed suit.

Now, I'm going to have the rest of the ribs and a roll as dinner.

Tomorrow, I'll eat that luscious salad for lunch.

That will be good, I know!

I'll check my gift card later to see if the charge was ever refunded to it.

Meantime, I'm going to watch a bit of 'mercial-free TV.

The governor election won't be until November, but the testosterone-laden vitriol is already spewing all over the screen of my Element.

Time to step over to PBS for something new to me!

I chose a fairly new series, "Native America", starting with the very first episode of the first season.

I'm hoping "From Caves To Cosmos" will have a healthy serving of science along with the history.

Earlier, I watched "Infinite Highway", which was an excellent story of a 16-year-old girl's journey from her first flight to getting her pilot's license.

I highly recommend it!