Emergency Starbucks

The appoint was at 2:30. And the malaise of summer has set in.

Its really not malaise in a traditional sense. It is stay up late and sleep in late and do something that you couldn't do during the school year. So. lunch was not eaten before the appointment. When I arrived in Modesto in the industrial part, the East side of Kansas Avenue, I saw numerous spots to have a bite while they worked on my car. The problem.. I had only two dollars in my pocket. Surely there must be an ATM around. Well.. no. The closest thing that resembles an ATM as in a grocery store where you bought something and got change back. So said the Viet pho restaurant and of course they don't take credit cards.. only cash.

A half a block a head was the familiar green circle with the lady in it. Starbucks. I have a card with some Starbucks credit on it. Wahooo!

I bought a chicken cobb sandwich and a iced passion fruit drink.. yum. I know that Pete's is better. But sometimes it pays to have a Starbuck card with a little dough on it..

Today it saved me. Later I discovered that the Cheveron station another block down had an ATM.. so much for the exotic.

: ) Pat