la sangre.

Today was another typical day.  I woke up early, and I had the hardest time actually functioning.  I went to breakfast with Maddie, then all of my classes. My Memphis painting number 5 is driving me nuts! It’s such a big canvas that It’s almost impossible for me to paint. 

This afternoon, I gave blood.  I got to registration in the parlor at 315, and then I didn’t get called over to the bloodmobile until about 415.  It took me forever to answer all the questions that you have to answer about who you’ve had sex with, where you’ve had sex, what countries you’ve been to, what diseases you may or may not have contracted…etc. THEN they prick your finger to measure your iron levels. Oh geez.  That thing hurt the worst.  They put me in the chair, and I was really nervous.  They put the needle in my arm and I thought I was gonna have a heart attack.  It actually hurt pretty bad, (but for future reference, don’t tell someone who’s about to donate blood that it hurts as bad as it does).  I started crying a little bit, that’s for sure.  I was texting Charlie and Max the whole time, and Maddie sat in the front of the bloodmobile waiting for me the whole time.  Anyway, they gave me this little black thing to rotate in my hand while I was donating.   It hurt to move my arm, so I really didn’t want to do it, but they kept watching me so I figured I had to.  Finally, it was over, and she took the needle out of my arm.  The problem was, blood kept pouring out of my arm onto this little piece of gauze they put on it and told me to hold.  It was so gross. I had to look away, because that wasn’t okay with me.  So now, my arm is swollen and bruised, and I feel like I haven’t slept in a week and all of my limbs might fall off. 

We had our echo pizza party/Christmas planning meeting today.  It put me in the Christmas mood, so I made a playlist to listen to.  Alexandra and I are planning on being Who’s for the Christmas show.  We’re gonna take two liter bottles and put them in our hair, to get the full effect. 

This weekend, Maddie and Gini and I are all sharing a room for the Christ School/Asheville School football game.  Brett and I are being twins for the Halloween dance.  We’re wearing camouflage.  We were gonna be the Burger King and Dairy Queen, but that isn’t going to work out, sadly.