This Is This

I got a call the other day by someone asking for my blood. No, it wasn’t Bonnie Tyler’s backing singers (keep up), it turns out that stocks of my blood type were very low and they needed me to donate.

They’ve never gone so far as to call me before, so I thought it must be important.

So that’s what I did yesterday and now my arms are kind of sore. Yes, arms - plural. One because they put the needle right on the crease of my inside elbow (obvious lack of medical knowledge) and the other because I walked into a wall after hopping off the stretcher (and common sense).

So if you do give blood, don’t jump down right away and rush back to the office. Hang out, have a cup of tea. Eat a biscuit. You like stickers?

I took a paper and read an article while I was under the needle, because I don’t like looking at what’s going on. Despite this, the nurse got all the needles, bags, tape and tubes and started preparing them right next to my head, instead of on a little trolley out of sight.

Not helpful. Even though I looked away, it was all going on in my peripheral vision. I’m squeamish as hell and can’t deal very well with things like that. Despite having been at the birth of my two kids and at often being at the mercy of two puking cats and slimey fish poo, I am squeamish.

So I read the hell out of that article. It was about how people from broken homes have a greater likelihood of causing their own relationships to fail. Despite the warning signs, that’s where people head.

I’ll write more about this when I have a few more red cells. I need iron. Nuts and leafy greens and red wine, I think.

Also, can we stop with the rocket now? We get it. Rocket and parmasan shavings - very good.

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