Fate Nixes Doughnuts

[chicken]

For the last few weeks I've been eating a healthy diet. Lots and lots of vegetables, whole grains, omega-3 foods (esp. salmon), lean meats, tofu. I've been staying away from refined sugar.

Then came the cat getting diagnosed, and I kind of fell off the wagon. In fact, this morning I was so depressed I thought I would walk the two blocks (such easy temptation) to the Krispy Kreme and get some doughnuts.

When I got there it wasn't all new and shiny like the one on University, or the one back in Cranston. For some reason, the Winter Park Krispy Kreme is dingy and old and sad. Then there was the huge long line of customers, consisting mostly of smelly hairy construction workers (not the pretty kind). Lastly, the clerk up front seemed unable to work the register.

However, the HOT DOUGHNUTS sign was on, so I thought, "Hey, FREE doughnuts for depressed girl!"

Then my cell phone rang. It was the vet.

He told me that Jasmine did really well on the fluids over the last couple of days, and that her B.U.N. levels are down from 68 to 48 (35 is normal, but cats with advanced renal problems rarely go below 40, so 48 is really good). He also said she wouldn't need to start the at-home sub-cutaneous fluid injections for at least two weeks, maybe not for a whole month. All we have to do is bring her by in two weeks for a blood test to make sure the new diet is helping, and again in two more weeks to do another complete urine and blood panel.

I was so relieved I almost cried. Also, the "HOT DOUGHNUTS" sign had gone off, and the line still wasn't moving.

So I went across the street to Einstein Bagels and got something healthy and whole wheat to eat.

Comments

[superplin.livejournal.com]

That is such great news about Jasmine!

I'm glad there are no doughnut places around here, though, because you've given me a craving. ;>

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Oops, I certainly didn't mean to give you a donut craving! Heh heh. EVOL.

[medelle.livejournal.com]

Im soo glad she's doing better! YAY for that!

I wish there was a Krispy Kreme near here... :D

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Yes, you have to go all the way to Cranston.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear about Jasmine! Hey, aren't you folks the one with the funny story about the racoon at a Krispy Kreme? If so, I think there's some karmic connection going on between you and doughnuts... Even if you don't actually get to the eating of them.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

No, that was a beaver, not a raccoon.

!!!

[anelith.livejournal.com]

Still! It's you and the Krispy Kreme, I'm telling you!

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Yay you! Compulsive over-eating under stress is the toughest bad habit to break.

I'm glad to hear your cat is doing good, too.

[zandra-x.livejournal.com]

It's rare to get cosmic intervention like that. I'm very glad to hear the good news about Jasmine.

[keever.livejournal.com]

Yay for good news!

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I didn't know there still were any Krispy Kremes in the area since the bubble burst. Seems like all of the ones around here were a great public sensation for about a year and then died right around the time all the scandals broke.

Great to hear about your tortie.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

I wasn't aware of any scandals related to the Krispy Kreme company.

However, I discovered a sad fact yesterday. Back up north (say, in Cranston, RI, or in Boston), the Krispy Kreme stores gave out free donuts when the "HOT DOUGHNUTS" sign was on. Down here, they don't do that. Apparently this is because both stores down here are "franchise" stores rather than "corporate". This means it is up to the franchise owner whether or not to give out the free donuts.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

And now I belatedly remember that you're in Florida! Of course there are Krispy Kremes there.

The scandals had to do with accounting jiggery-pokery; Krispy Kreme was a hot publicly traded stock for a few years and apparently had some problems honestly reporting on its cash flow.