A Day Off, Part II

It turned out that there was no town, just the crossroads, but it was literally a crossroads, not a metaphorical one, so that's good. The editing didn't take long, and it felt good to do some kind of work that meant something and be done by noon as well. Chris and I went to meet Eric or Jeff for lunch, and the good thing is it turned out to be Eric AND Jeff. We all went to the only place to eat at the crossroads, the Hole'in'One Doughnut Shop. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to eat anything, but this place featured wheat-free doughnuts, which is something I've never seen before, anywhere! I told them that I was going to be such a good customer that I'll single-handedly keep them in business. Jeff had never met Eric or Chris before, and we all had a nice lunch, talking about music, art, literature, and doughnuts. It turned out that these doughnuts, besides being gluten-free, were also high in fiber, vitamins, and complete protein, so that you could actually live on them! Not that you wouldn't miss other foods, but the nice thing was, we were able to eat like a dozen each for lunch, and they didn't make us sick. They were all really fresh and warm, too, and there was a great variety, crullers, and cake doughnuts, and custard filled ones, and jelly doughnuts. After we ate, we sat back, full and satisfied, sipping hot coffee, and we talked about where each of us was in our lives. One of us was on the brink, another in a deep hole, another stuck on an elevator going up, and the last stuck on an elevator going down. We discussed how we might feel if we were able to trade places with each other, and in the end we realized it didn't really matter. Life was short, long, good, and bad, and the only thing that really mattered was doughnuts.