This afternoon, Josh and I decided to run a few errands with the kids. That's pretty rare for us, because Josh is usually either working on the weekends or recovering from working 80 hours the rest of the week. But, he needed to look at some potential lots for someone wanting to build a house (I guess he was technically working, again). So, we loaded the kids up in my truck and off we went.
Our first stop was Dairy Queen, for some milkshakes. We actually meant to use a gift card we've had for a while, but totally forgot about it. Guess we'll have to have more ice cream again soon! Our next stop was Krisp Kreme. We had planned on picking up some doughnuts for this week's breakfast.
You know what they say about the best laid plans, right? Our conversation in the drive thru went something like this:
"We'll take six of the glazed creme filled . . . " Josh began.
"We don't have any of those right now," the waitress interrupted.
"Oh, okay . . . we'll take six of the lemon filled . . ."
"We only have two of those left."
"Oh, okay . . . we'll take some of the chocolate iced cream filled . . ." For once, no interruptions. And we actually managed to find 12 we could live with after a few more misses. And then came time to use our coupon from the paper, where you get half off a regular glazed dozen (the only kind the boys like) after buying an assorted dozen.
"We don't have any glazed right now. There won't be any for at least an hour."
"Right."
What kind of business is this? Was there a run on doughnuts at 5 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon? Really? Because I don't understand how you can't have anything left. Early in the day, perhaps right after church, yes, I would believe that. But 5 p.m.? We sat there in stunned silence for a minute, and then told the lady thanks but no thanks and drove off.
Clearly when the "Hot Now" sign is off, it should simply read "Keep Driving."
But the rest of our errands ran more smoothly. We looked at the two lots, and then picked up some take out on the way home (McDonald's, of course, for the kids, and some pad thai for us, if you were wondering). Xander missed out, since he fell asleep before we ever even thought about getting the food. He's going to be really hungry come morning.
If only we could have gotten some doughnuts . . .
