835. Where's my doughnut?

Yesterday I went to Safeway to buy some cookies from their bakery for a potluck picnic. I found some yummy looking oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies, and just as I was putting them in my basket I heard somebody or something calling my name.

I scanned the bakery area but didn't see anybody I knew. Again I heard my name, but the voice sounded different and was much louder. I headed towards the far corner of the bakery area hoping it wasn't a doughnut that had called my name. For the past many months I've been pretty good at avoiding sugary sweets.

Unfortunately, it wasn't just one doughnut calling my name, but two: a chocolate covered old fashioned doughnut and a chocolate glazed raised doughnut.

I bagged them, lest they cause a bigger scene. The old fashioned doughnut managed to scream out, "Better get me some coffee, woman, or else the glazed raised gets it!"

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not the type to let an innocent doughnut suffer; I had no choice but to get a café latte instead, since it was obvious that somebody was in a bad mood.

From there, I headed out to my car where at my hand, the raised doughnut got it along with the latte. I shoved the grumpy old fashioned one in my purse to consume it later.

Later happened in a half-hour in class. I grabbed my purse to retrieve the bagged doughnut, and much to my shock and dismay, it wasn't there! Somewhere between my car and class and thirty minutes, that blasted snarky old fashioned chocolate covered doughnut disappeared.

Today I turned on the radio to discover that today is National Doughnut Day*. I wondered if old grump fled not to avoid my stomach but to celebrate his special day.

I hope your doughnut day went better than mine.

Happy Doughnut Day!

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* I kid you not: today is National Doughnut Day. So, it's a sweet sentiment started by the Salvation Army to honor the women who during WW1 served doughnuts to our soldiers.

Still, it's pretty apropos that our nation, the fattest in the world (We're #1!), has a national doughnut day, don't you think?

From the World Health Organization (WHO) website:

-Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths.
-At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.
-In 2010, around 43 million children under five were overweight.

Estimated Overweight & Obesity Prevalence for Males 15+ in 2010:

Those pretty colors mean that we are the fattest nation in the world. Greater than or equal to 80% of our over-15 guys are fat. Go USA.