Starbucks

Same ol stuff this we as every other week..though i was "supposed" to be in CA. My Aunt Sue got married and we had been talking about flying me in and surprising everyone..but it didn't work out. :( 

That's what i think brought on the homesickness....not to bad it was just a little lol but the fact that all my family was together and i wasn't..upset me, just because i never miss that kind of stuff! Im always around lol

         This week i was also planning to go with a few families in the hall to do some seldom work territory...but that also didnt work out.  But it was fine..no biggy!

On Wednesday....the girls were home because its school holidays. The school system is really weird here....they go 10 weeks and then 2 weeks off....all year round. So this last week and this coming up week the girls will be home.

               So on Thursday we got central air put into the house...thank goodness!  Its so freezing in the house...its actually way nicer outside!  But with the air we have heat at night and this summer we will have air con (that's what they call it here). Anyway...so all Thursday there was guys in and out of the house all day long. The girls and me made some cookies and gave them to the guys...they liked that!! :)

        Friday night Adam asked if i wanted to go out to dinner with the family and since everyone was out of town i agreed! So we ended up going to a little Italian restaurant and it was nice but lets just say...they dont take the girls out very often and i know why!! It was just a little place and the girls were all loud and talking about poo poo and it was just funny.  So after that we went home and watched..Far and Away!!  I love that movie!!
             Saturday i was gonna go in service but something happened about picking me up and that didnt work out so i just stayed home...witch was good because i got to Skype with Hannah..it was much needed on my part, it seems like i haven't been skyping ppl as often as i used to but anyway we talked for about 2 hours. I loved it!! Its just like if i was still there! After that i finally got out of bed and then went to the mall and shopped..i am such an obsessive shopper..i am gonna need to buy an extra suitcase when i go home lol then we went and saw Crazy Stupid Love...witch just came out this Friday! lol its been out for like 2 months in the states.  It was sooo good i loved it!! And Ryan Gosling..is a hottie!!! After that Kerry had asked me if i could come over for a bit  to watch the kids. Her husband is out of town for 2 weeks so her parents are flying in so i stayed with the sleeping kids while she went to go get them from the airport. Easy money!  They live just a few blocks over so it was no big deal!

Sunday..Rain again! :(   all day just raining!

Today was Labor Day so i got it off! :) I didnt know what todo...but i knew i wanted some coffee and some good coffee so i decided to venture into the city and find one of the 7 Starbucks that are in the greater Sydney area. So even though i was a bit nervous about taking the bus i got on! Not that im scared to go on the bus..or even the fact if i get off at the wrong place..because i have no problem asking random people, but its the fact that i dont have the slightest clue of where i am headed. Some one might say " Go to George st..." or "head towards Parrematta"...do i know where that is...NO hahahh So on my way into the city it was quite fun watching all the weirdo people come on and off the bus.....and i also remembered there was a huge Fiesta going on down at Darling Harbour this weekend. So when we coming into Sydney we went across the Harbour Bridge and there to my right was the Opera House and then straight forward was CITY!

After a few min i saw a Starbucks straight ahead i was sooo excited...so i hit the stop button..and got off!! Then i crossed the street only to find out...it was closed!! What the heck?? So then i was back on my mission.  I walked down a few streets and then headed toward the Harbour/The Rocks area and there across the bay was the Opera house and i had a girl take picture of me in front of it but she was like Russian or something and it was horrible you cant see the Opera house at all...whatev  So then i started walking back into the city to head to Darling Harbour..witch was on the other side...so i just walking along..going to shops..got some lunch!! It reminded me soooooooo much of New York city...minus the bright lights lol But all the shops and all the people and all the tourist and everything it was awesome i loved it!! I went to some park (reminded me of Central Park) and there was people having picnics, and life size chess competitions, and weirdo Asian guys doing Ti Chi, and there was an art show! It was just really cool!

A really cool fountain i found in the park!

After that i decided to find my way to Darling Harbour and see what this Fiesta was all about. It took me about 10 to find it after i asked someone in what general direction it was from me lol There was a million and ten people just everywhere and different activity going on all around the water. I finally got down to the wharf and right in front of me was a HUGE Starbucks!! YAY  i found it....something i recognized from home!

So i went in and ordered me a Venti White Chocolate Carmel Mocha Iced! Mmmmm...

At first the lady just looked at me...like "What?"

So then i had to explain it to her slowly...but the person who was making the drinks had no problem!!

I was so happy!

I finally had yummy tasting coffee!  Not that the coffee they have here is gross its just different and they defiantly don't put flavors in them, most the places don't even have flavors.Anyway it was good!

So i walked around and there was different street performers and then there was set stages that had professional "Dancers" and "Mariachis Bands."

The first thing i came across what a few guys doing break-dancing....it was sooo funny people were in awe! I mean it was pretty cool the stuff they were doing but i think break-dancing has just reached Australia..they acted as if they have never seen anything like it before..like its the new craze!! lol

It was also so funny to see how into the Salsa dancing everyone was..hundreds or even thousands of people were just soo taken in by the salsa dancing...i could care less! But then remember i think i have seen 1 maybe 2 Mexican people...so its totally foreign to them.

So i continued to walk around, until i saw this really rugged guy..kinda dirty..dreadlocks...with a tiny microphone and he was setting up something and there was a group of people starting to form so i stopped to see what was going on. He was really funny and while he set up he was making fun of people walking by. Before you know it there was tons of people around waiting to see what he really was gonna do. So he starts by talking to different people in the audience trying to get them excited. But he kept dumb things to me...not talking to me but doing things like...pretended to back up to far til he almost stepped on me...then he said something about the red head over there...and then he made some other dumb joke about me...and of course every time he talked about me everyone looked at me and started laughing.

So then he started doing some dumb juggling tricks and then he said he needed a volunteer...and who does he pick????

Me...im just like mom..the weirdo people always like us!!  So he makes me go out in the circle and ask me my name and then when he realizes I'm American..that sets him off on a whole other page of jokes.  So what he wants me to do is throw a burning baton at him. So i do and it was all good...right before i turned to walk away he kissed me on the cheek....EW...i must have made the nastiest face because he got all offended and made some joke about it! It was funny!

The Weirdo!

After that i walked around a little while longer..but then it started getting windy and cold so i headed back to the bus! It was a fun Monday in the City!

♥lynds