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Day 3189 – A Dangerous Addition To The Neighborhood – Krispy Kreme

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Yesterday, a brand new Krispy Kreme opened in our neighborhood. We had thought about waiting in line for the opening (and a chance at being first) but ended up staying in bed. This turned out to be a good call because the first person in line arrived at 9:45 the night before.

After I picked up Bret from school, at the last minute, he mentioned going by. I, of course, agreed.

What we found was mayhem. Well, at least a very packed store. If you’re familiar with the layout of a Krispy Kreme, the line stretched from the cash registers, past the packing station, along the conveyor belt, down the hallway to the bathroom, and looped back along the conveyor belt. At first we thought, is this really worth it? But in the time it took to think it out, we were already committed. All told, we probably waited about 20 minutes, not bad considering the line.

Oh baby, those doughnuts were hot and delicious. I’m curious to see how we’ll fair with our favorite doughnuts so close. There were a lot of outlets and seats, so we may have found a new place to work.

We may or may not have eaten 9 out of 12 of these guys before we left…

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Day 3037 – Krispy Kreme, Free Doughnuts, And A Really Funny Story

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A few weeks ago, I went to Krispy Kreme on my way home from work. On that visit, I Facetimed with Bret eating a doughnut. Looking back, that was a little mean. But we like to share joy with each other.

Yesterday, Bret had an appointment near a new, much closer Krispy Kreme. I texted him joking about not minding if he stopped by and got doughnuts. He did stop. He ordered a half dozen regular doughnuts. When his order was called, they tried to give him a dozen. He’s like, thanks, but I only ordered half. He sat down with his doughnuts, and really enjoyed the time, watching the sunset and listening to Elvis playing. His original plan was to eat 3 and give me the other 3 when he got back. But he was enjoying himself so much, so he said YOLO, and ate a fourth, deciding to get another half dozen. He then texted me this picture, saying Ooops.

At this point he ordered another half dozen. When he ordered more, they joked with him saying “Oh, you’re back?” He then told them the story of how I went to Krispy Kreme and didn’t wait for him. Then, when he went to pick up his order, again they wanted to give him a dozen. The employee actually gave him the whole dozen, saying, “you didn’t take the other one, when you could have, and since your wife didn’t wait for you last time.” So we now have a whole lot of doughnuts!

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Day 3016 – Krispy Kreme Trip – or – How To Read A GPS Correctly – or – Well That Didn’t Go As Planned

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My life is a delicate balance of fitting in a zillion different things. I’m essentially helping three other people build their businesses, I’m writing my third book, I’m building my online presence, I’m brainstorming digital product ideas, I’m moderating a Facebook road trip travel group, I’m attempting to read 300 books this year (maybe even more), oh, and you know, running a household with cleaning, wash, making food, paying the bills, and taking care of myself. Thankfully I’m growing in the “don’t be so hard on yourself” area of life. There are days when I know there is nothing more I can do.

One place that Bret and I love beyond words is Krispy Kreme. There is absolutely nothing like a hot glazed doughnut melting in your mouth. I have been dreaming about Krispy Kreme doughnuts for a while now. The only locations that are close to us are 30+ minutes away. I worked in Annapolis yesterday, had a drop off to do, then had to pick up Bret. Traffic was starting to build as I was leaving, and I hit a few bad spots. So after my delivery, I thought, ok, let’s see if stopping by Krispy Kreme would add a lot of time or not. I checked several times on my GPS, and I SWEAR it looked like I would arrive at the same time whether I went directly to Bret or if I got doughnuts and then got Bret. The obvious choice was to get doughnuts. So I popped in the address, started up my book (Reading People by Anne Bogel – dudes, I can’t wait to tell you about this book!), and made my way to Krispy Kreme. As I drove through the beautiful countryside, I realized I was getting pretty tired. So upon ordering, I got myself a coffee. I put everything in car, took a potty break, and hit the road.

When I put Bret’s work into my GPS, my arrival time was like 40 minutes later. I thought, wait, what? I thought it would be about the same time??? I did take a few minutes to make my order, hit the bathroom, and did a facetime with Bret to share eating my second doughnut (oh yea, I inhaled one before I called. Have I mentioned how much I love Krispy Kreme?). MAYBE all of that added up to 20 minutes, or did it mean that I misread my GPS….several times? I’m guessing that in my tired state, I didn’t read it correctly.

There are lots of factors that can mess up your arrival time – rain, traffic, other drivers, a stop light that doesn’t have a turn signal on a busy street, cars trying to get through an intersection and getting stuck because the light changes (all of which happened yesterday). But one that is oft overlooked is the tired driver who can’t math. At the end of the very long day though, we had doughnuts that made our hearts happy.

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