Blood drive
I got up at 10:30, and had breakfast and coffee. Then I showered and dressed, and at 12 I went off to Citifield to the Mets Blood Drive.
I stopped at the bagel shop on the way and got a bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll, and in Flushing I stopped at the bank. Then I took the 7 train one stop to Willits Point and Citifield.
It was quite amazingly windy as I walked across the parking lot. But I got to the entrance, and went through the metal detector at the entrance and got on the "no appointment" line. mashfanficchick got there awhile after, and we waited. And waited, And waited.
Apparently they got around 700 appointments, and around 150 walk ins. They were swamped. But eventually we got upstairs, and filled out our forms and had the health inspection. The first time they took my temperature it was a little high, so they made me wait about 10 minutes and took it again. I think I was overheated in my sweater, so I took it off, and sure enough the recheck was normal.
So I gave blood for the first time in many years. I am glad I was able, it always makes me feel good. After I finished the bleeding, when I sat up I was a little light headed so they had me lie down again with ice under my neck and wait about 10 or 15 minutes. When I got up again I was fine.
I had far too many Oreo cookies, and juices. But mashfanficchick and I had a fun time sitting with two older women Mets fans and sharing memories.
Then we finally left, and got our vouchers for free tickets... two vouchers for two tickets each, so a total of four tickets each.
We went into Flushing and ate in the food court of the Asian mall there, I had shrimp noodles thick soup. Delicious and hearty.
Then we briefly went into J Mart. Finally I took the 25 bus home, got here just about 15 minutes late for my D&D game. It was a lot of fun, we're trying using roll20 to make the game easier. Tonight we killed Chaos Beasts.
After that I Skyped the FWiB. and we had a short but nice conversation.
And then I started here, and here it is.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. mashfanficchick
3. The Mets.
4. My D&D group.
5. It was windy but sunny,
6. Good Chinese soup for dinner.
I stopped at the bagel shop on the way and got a bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll, and in Flushing I stopped at the bank. Then I took the 7 train one stop to Willits Point and Citifield.
It was quite amazingly windy as I walked across the parking lot. But I got to the entrance, and went through the metal detector at the entrance and got on the "no appointment" line. mashfanficchick got there awhile after, and we waited. And waited, And waited.
Apparently they got around 700 appointments, and around 150 walk ins. They were swamped. But eventually we got upstairs, and filled out our forms and had the health inspection. The first time they took my temperature it was a little high, so they made me wait about 10 minutes and took it again. I think I was overheated in my sweater, so I took it off, and sure enough the recheck was normal.
So I gave blood for the first time in many years. I am glad I was able, it always makes me feel good. After I finished the bleeding, when I sat up I was a little light headed so they had me lie down again with ice under my neck and wait about 10 or 15 minutes. When I got up again I was fine.
I had far too many Oreo cookies, and juices. But mashfanficchick and I had a fun time sitting with two older women Mets fans and sharing memories.
Then we finally left, and got our vouchers for free tickets... two vouchers for two tickets each, so a total of four tickets each.
We went into Flushing and ate in the food court of the Asian mall there, I had shrimp noodles thick soup. Delicious and hearty.
Then we briefly went into J Mart. Finally I took the 25 bus home, got here just about 15 minutes late for my D&D game. It was a lot of fun, we're trying using roll20 to make the game easier. Tonight we killed Chaos Beasts.
After that I Skyped the FWiB. and we had a short but nice conversation.
And then I started here, and here it is.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. mashfanficchick
3. The Mets.
4. My D&D group.
5. It was windy but sunny,
6. Good Chinese soup for dinner.