I couldn't take it any longer...

Breaking point?  Cabin fever?  Nah - we've been staying pretty close to home intentionally, while much of the Rio Grande Valley heads for the beach at South Padre Island.  The only time we've gotten off the island in the last few days was yesterday's boat outing.  But today, I was feeling "the call"... it is a drizzly day.  Not pounding rain; more of what I'd call "nuisance rain"... enough to get the windshield wet, but even on the slowest intermittent setting, not much call for the wipers.  Would it be enough to keep some people at home?  So we wouldn't have to deal with the inbound beach traffic on the way home, if we did get out?

I haven't had this pleasure since before we left Arizona... I was needing a Chick-fil-A sandwich.  The closest one is about a quarter of a tank round trip to Brownsville.  It didn't take too much convincing to get Joan in on this.  Off we go!

As we got close (well, about 5 miles away), Joan ordered with her Chick-fil-A app.  We would pull into a "Deliver to Your Car" and avoid the long drive-thru line.  That was the premise.  In actuality, there were a bunch of those "to your car" sites.  It took a while before anyone came to our car, and then it was to tell us they were out of parfaits... I think that is Joan's favorite part of lunch here.  So, they had to do a refund... apparently, the app can't do that.

It took a while, but our food finally came...

It has been over two months.  The only time I've gone that long without a Chick-fil-A sandwich has been while we've been in the Black Hills the last two summers, because (gasp) there isn't a single Chick-fil-A in western South Dakota.

It was like the good ol' days: we ate while driving.  The sandwich was as good as I remembered, and then all too soon... it was gone.  When we got back to our home town, the traffic wasn't bad, and I stopped to gas up the car.  Yep, about a quarter of a tank for that sandwich.  ;-)

Back home, I took Rufus out for some grass time in the wet grass... doesn't bother him a bit.  Plus, I think he appreciated the outside air temp that was about 10º lower than yesterday.

With that done, it was time for Joan to go back to work on another quilting project, while I recorded the next  "stayin' at home" video...

Hope it's a good start to your weekend!