We went to bed early again last night around 9:30 and I slept until 5:00 this morning. It's going to be a busy day, so I'm thankful for the extra sleep. I cam downstairs to start the coffeepot and as soon as I turned it on, I remembered I had not put the water in it the night before. I didn't turn the light on, and all of a sudden I heard water....I ran it over, not too bad, but I did have to grab a towel to sop it up real quick. Nice way to start the day, but now that's out of the way - it's going to be a great rest of the day, I'm sure!
We have an appointment at Toyota in Joplin at 9:30 this morning so they can check out the car to see what is causing the "check engine light" to be on. Just to be on the safe side, Dean will follow me in the car this morning for two reasons. One if it would happen to quit before we make it there (we don't really think that will happen, but to be prepared), and if they need to keep the car, we will have a way home. We will have quite a bit of time to spare before my annual well woman exam at 2:20. Somehow I think we'll manage, and of course, we'll have lunch somewhere. Dean gets to choose where since tomorrow is his birthday, and also what we'll do in between the two appointments.
I made our smoothies, we had our showers, and soon we were ready to head out the door about 8:30.
The drive to Joplin was very routine and we arrived at the Toyota dealership just a few minutes before our appointment time. They will call us after the diagnostic testing is done to let us know what they find.
When we left we headed to Best Buy. After I mentioned I thought Dean might want a TV for his birthday to put in the garage, he liked the idea so we went to look at what was available. It wasn't open when we arrived for another 15 minutes, so we drove south a few blocks to Harbor Freight. We walked almost every single aisle so Dean could look - just like me in a store I like. No wonder he sometimes gets bored and after a short time goes to the car to wait on me. Lol! I did feel like that a time or two, but honestly HF has a lot of things that are interesting too, so I just enjoyed looking. He bought a couple of things he wanted, and then we drove back to Best Buy.
When we returned to Best Buy, I suggested maybe we should consider buying a new TV for Bentley, and he could take the old one to the garage. After thinking about that a bit, we decided to at least wait and measure the TV in the living room and decide which way we should go. Since the TV we have is on a lift and retreats into a cabinet when we move, we really need to know what size will fit in the space. He watches more TV in the RV than at the garage. Our TV has been down a lot of roads in almost six years. It may last another six, and it could go out at any time. Maybe being at the garage would be a good thing for it, versus continuing to take a beating as we travel. While here, the technician called to let us know a sensor that regulates air flow is what is causing the problem. They will not have the part in until Friday so we will leave it with them until then. (Update: I haven't called them yet today, but when I realized that is Black Friday, I think I'll call to see if we could pick it up Saturday morning instead.)
Dean loves fried chicken. I read about ME's Place several years ago in the Joplin Globe and I've wanted to try it ever since. It's a small little restaurant on Broadway Street. From the outside it looks pretty rough and there's not much parking. It opens at 11:00, so we decided to head there next so we could be sure and find a place to park. Surprisingly there was a fair amount of seating inside. We were the first ones there and at 11:02 we walked in. Melodee, the owner, came out to meet us and gave us a menu. Tuesday's specials were Dumplings, Chicken Fried Chicken, and Baked Chicken, but she informed us they did not have the dumplings today. I was a little disappointed at that, but the other choices sounded good as well. The main reason I wanted to bring Dean here though is the fried chicken which they offer every day. As I stated above, he loves fried chicken. That's what we both ordered, and of course I forgot to take pictures of our food, but I did take some pictures of the outside and inside of the restaurant.
With fried chicken (2 pieces) you also get two sides. Dean chose fried okra and deep fried potatoes (like potato chips). I chose cooked cabbage with ham and fried okra. The meal was very, very good. It was just the right amount of food.
After our wonderful lunch, we headed to Home Depot to look for some more wood for the desk. Unfortunately, we didn't find what he was wanting.
He did find a couple of other things he wanted, so after paying for those we headed back to the car. We still had a little over an hour before my doctor's appointment. I called Verna to see if her and Larry were at home as they live nearby. We thought we might visit for awhile, but she didn't answer the phone.
Since Academy was only a short distance away, Dean suggested we stop there for something to do. He always enjoys looking at the golf section; and I went to look for sweatshirts. All they had were name brand ones. I am not interested in paying the prices they want. I'll eventually run across something I like.
We left Academy about 1:50, and arrived at the Women's Clinic around 2 or so. Verna called me shortly before we went in. They had some appointments this afternoon. They were sorry they missed us, but we are here off and on. Dean has two appointments here next week, so maybe we can visit one of those days.
By the time we went in, used their facilities and checked in with the receptionist I only had to wait about five minutes before they called me back. All was good, and they sent an order down to the mammogram department for my appointment at 4. Fortunately I was taken back a little after 3, and I was done by 3:27pm. I like that kind of service.
We stopped at Dairy Queen in Galena and had a blizzard before we headed home. A nice way to cap off the day. After a big lunch and ice cream we won't need any dinner. I had some sugarfree pudding at home that we ate later in the evening and it was just perfect.
Sometime around 7, the wind came up and with each burst the RV was rocking. We might have had similar winds like that in the past, but not for as long as these lasted. Dean had gone upstairs for something and I was still downstairs watching TV, when the TV went out. I thought the weather caused it. When Dean came downstairs he said, the electricity is off - when he saw the clock on the microwave was off. One good thing about an RV, our batteries keep the LED lights on. We did shut some of them off since we weren't sure how long it might be out. Fortunately, our phones were charged so we were able to look at them until it came back on about 40 minutes later. It was getting a little chilly, so we wrapped ourselves in our blankets. Misti was just driving into town from Independence where she's been working, when the town just went black. I bet that was an eerie feeling!
We watched a little TV and finally gave it up about 9:30. It was a busy, busy day. We are grateful for our vehicles that get us where we need to go.
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