Friday will either be awesome or so, so sad

A new Krispy Kreme opened by our house. It’s the only one in our entire town. Previously all of the Krispy Kremes were closed – something to do with a nasty divorce where the husband and wife owners broke up and didn’t want other people to be happy.

The new store opened exactly a week ago. A whole week. At the grand opening, they gave away a bunch of year supply of donut packages and t-shirts and all kinds of stupid donut paraphernalia. People camped out the night before. At a donut shop.

What the hell is that about?

They’re freaking donuts.

That being said, I wanted to bring some to our office. We work on the completely opposite side of town from my house and the KK, and most of the people who work with us live over there too. That means I’m in the enviable or disastrous position of living less than a mile away from carb central.

My boss heard me talking about this plan and thrust three twenty-dollar bills at me and reminded me to bring a receipt. Holy cow! $60 worth of donuts. Gads.

I happened to be driving past said KK on Wednesday evening about 8:30. The drive thru line was wrapped around the building and stretched down the street. AT 8:30! AT NIGHT! I began to fret about the plan. If the place is this crowded at 8:30 at night, what the hell is it going to be like on a Friday morning? I didn’t want to be like an hour or more late for work. On the other hand, people heard the donuts were coming and they were expecting them. I think some people haven’t eaten in days thinking they are going to gorge themselves on those incredible glazed delights.

Ava has actually threatened me if I don’t show up with donuts. Really.

I’ve come up with a plan. After I drop off the kids at school I’m going to go over there and see what’s up. If the drive thru lane is as out of control as I expect then I’ll park at the Hobby Lobby in the next parking lot and hoof it over there. Surely the lobby won’t be as bad as the drive thru, right? RIGHT?

Here’s what I recommend. Eat breakfast anyway, people. I guarantee nothing.