A right Kerfuffle, Ikea and a dose of culture

Yesterday was early start and can only mean one thing,Starbucks, you will notice how much starbucks features into the life of an average American. The pic underneath is our 6am start, it was still so dark outside the stars were numerous and the moon high and bright in the sky.




We headed out to Sacramento were i had a 8am appointment for a Biometric exam!! sounds scary! If anyone has ever been to the social or benefits office you know what to expect. Hence we set out early, to beat the rush hour traffic and to be first in the que. It takes just under an hour to get to Sacramento. We got to the offices an hour early, so much for the bad traffic, but it gave us the time to have breakfast.

When we arrived at the appointment i was second one inline, they checked my documents, i filled in a form, they called me to another desk were i was fingerprinted and my photo taken. Once again i managed to look like criminal.. ! all my official photos have the same look.. prison mate.. any one seen my passport photo. Its an exact match, i don know how i do it! its a talent!!
Well within 15mins im all done. Aaron took the day off work for this lol we have the whole day to fill.. and we are both tired already.!!

What to do now.. hmmm coffee intake needed, so we drive off to find the nearest Starbucks! Of course we do not need to get out the car, everything has a drive through, even the banks and off licenses. Aaron orders a large dark roast, the voice in the box thanks us for our order and we are supposed to drive to the nxt window to get our order but the car in front hasn't moved.. so we sit there, the voice comes out over the box again.. hello welcome to Starbucks can i take ure order? we look at each other mischeive in our eyes.. i say "ask for a monkey" lol Aaron stops thinks and asks for a Carmel Frapp!! and drives off as the car behind pulls up to the window and continues to place an order.. We are in stitches.. at the very least the car behind us has a extra drink on their order and at the worst we have totally messed up the queuing system and there is a unclaimed drink that is gonna cause chaos.. what a Kerfuffle!!! Below is a pic of Aaron loving his evil deed of the day..


Off to the shops.. i didnt tell you that on the way to the appointment i spot IKEA!! it brought tears to my eyes i cant tell you how good it was to see the bright blue and yellow cube shining no glowing in the morning light. We headed thier right after aaron got to play in a huge electronic store for a bit.
Ahhh the familiarity that comes with international chain stores.. it was like a having coffee with an old friend. Everything was the same, EXCEPT!!! ok Lydia (my sister) you must sit down for this one! They serve the meatballs with mash potatoes here, and their is only one portion size, it think its regular size too. i had to request chips or fries as they are called over here. But it was good.. sooo good!.


Next we decide to have a bit of culture..a short drive to The Crocker Art Gallery http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/index.htm if your interested in seeing it i've added the link. It had pop art and its own private collection which the Crocker family began to assemble in 1869, over 700 painting 1400 drawing and contemporary Californian artist forming the states core of premier Californian art. The building in beautiful. here is a pic.



After that we collected grandma and headed to Aarons parents for a dinner of Elk, Ratatoue and couscous. Very nice. we headed home exhausted, i slept most of the way and crawled into bed.ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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