[MISC] What an idiot ;p

Sometimes I'm so dumb ^^;;;

I came home half an hour ago, put a pan on the fire and went back to my computer, waiting for the water to boil.
I just realized that I still didn't hear it: I didn't turn on the cooker ^^;;;;;;

[MISC] Blood donation

Today I took a big step (for me at least) and gave my blood.

I know it's not such a big deal, but I've been telling myself that I should go for years, but I was always dithering, deciding to go and at the last moment, being all 'oh, I'm home now, I don't want to go out, I'll participate next time.'

So today, I went shopping and happened to pass a Blood donation poster. I actually doubled back when the number 26 caught my eyes and I realized that it was today, from 5 to 8 pm and that it was currently 6 pm.

Not wanting to lose my nerve/giving in to laziness, I went over immediately (after running in circles for 15 min because I couldn't find the building). 30 min later, after hesitating a bit because I wasn't sure if I had to go to the doctors immediately or what, I was finally sitting on their confy armchair, waiting for the nurse to stick her needle in my arm.

I was fretting a bit but not because of the whole 'drawing blood'. The problem was more that I know that when I start bleeding, it takes a while for it to stop. On the other side, I wasn't sure about myself, but I know that my mother's doctor always has trouble finding a 'usable' vein.

And bingo! the nurse did have trouble finding a vein in my arm. She had to look at both arms and settled on the left one, even if it wasn't much better. She tried, and tried again, because of course, when she stuck her needle in, the blood began flowing like crazy and one minute later, the needle moved slightly and she lost the position T_T After that it was touch and go for a while and we began to wonder if we wouldn't need to give up.

She had to move the needle again and again for the blood to continue to flow in the right place and I had to pump that rubber thingy all along, and finally! the blood bag was full.
Seriously, when she told me that it was all good, I was like: 'O.O you kidding? we did it?!!'

So, yeah! for the good action, but wow, this is going to hurt tomorrow. I'm going to have the bruise from hell (which I would have had even if she hadn't needed to fiddle with the needle, so it's not a surprise).

Also, seeing how much time she lost with me and how hard it was for her to get anything, I wonder if I'll go again next time. I mean, she could have taken care of three people while I was here... ^^;;