littlestar

i tried once last year and failed miserably. they tracked me down via phone earlier this weekend and since i'm a softy, they got me to agree to donating blood.

this time... it took one try instead of three. and my vein was nice and happy and didn't collapse.

all that water must've helped.

the only delay was in that i was in korea this summer, and for whatever reason they think there is malaria there. but that was cleared up fairly quickly.

it's a little trippy to see blood outside of my body. your gut response is... "hey... shouldn't that stuff be inside my body?" and they had five different little test tubes to make sure i'm not all diseased.

i had the nice man give me three cups of orange juice later. and there were cookies too, but i didn't feel like it.

i didn't feel very dizzy, but i feel a little weak and tired. and of course the first thing to go is my ability to communicate with words.

you should feel honored i even bothered to post in my weakened state. with correct spelling, grammar and word choice.

whoopee~!

but yeah... i figure some good should come from my having gained weight. :) might as well help patch up the blood shortage in my small way.