I mentioned my drywall project in the bathroom before, and thought I’d post a picture of it. Ignore the open-wall part—that’s where the mosaic is going to be. The patch extends 6 inches above where you see the hole in the wall.
I modified a picture to show you where the actual line is, you can see it here.
Today I got my Two Gallon Donor pin from the Blood Bank. I promised I’d write about my good experience this time, since my most popular entry was about my bad donation experience a little over two years ago.
Strangely enough, the worst part of the whole process for me has always been the finger-poking needle stick. The INBC has these new finger-pokers that you can barely feel now! I always dreaded the finger poke part, but now it’s a snap.
Today things went smoothly, there were no lines (there usually aren’t many people donating blood), and the interview questions are the easiest test to pass.
Unfortunately for me, every time I go they have to go through this giant book and look up the countries I’ve been to to make sure I’m not contaminated by something nasty. They give you a short line for the countries you’ve been to in the last three years, I have to cram everything in with small letters. Here’s my “past three years” list:
- France
- England
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Italy
- Croatia
- Greece
- Turkey
I have a relatively rare blood type (A-), so they like me to come in as often as I can. I have been donating regularly since a friend of mine was severly injured in a car accident in 2004.