I timed my second house-hunting trip to Sacramento to coincide with the Memorial Day weekend to allow a few extra days to spend with my wife. Since it was another all-expenses-paid trip, I broke my usual layover fast for Paschal’s salty fried chicken at ATL before arriving late in SMF. After Melody’s morning clinic on Friday, we munched on springy hand-pulled noodles, then checked out a few houses with our broker. For dinner, I was introduced to juicy-fresh snapper sandwich at Fins, then carried home desserts from Ettore. We saved the house we actually bid on for Saturday to give me more time to explore the premises and surrounding neighborhood. Our tour included curry and momos from Kathmandu Kitchen and taro milk tea from Bambu. The afternoon heat left us exhausted, so we cooled off back home where the rats tried to distract me from my exam studying. On Sunday, we drove to San Mateo for Shanghainese food with the in-laws before visiting her grandma’s grave to pray for good fortunes. We grabbed some baked goods on the way back, then concluded the evening with another coma-inducing seafood feast at New HK Wok. With the inspection completed and our loan nearly approved at a record low rate of 3.25%, we breathed a sigh of relief as we munched on HK diner food at Yummy Cafe before my red-eye out on Monday. My connection to LAX was upgraded to first class, where I noticed Andy Samberg playing Scrabble on his iPad a few seats ahead of me. A few other people took notice, but no one had the guts to jump up and sing “I’m on a plane!” with him.