Another 2 Months Gone
Another blood donation given.
I was supposed to schedule my next blood donation for the first weekend in June to give at Carter BloodCare, but I got lazy and put it off. I'm glad I did. American Red Cross announced this week that for an unspecified limited time they will be testing all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies and giving results to donors. It takes 7-10 days, but I applaud both the knowledge and the reason to encourage more people to donate. I really wish Carter BloodCare did the same. I would much have preferred going to them with their brick-and-mortar locations and very large numbers of time slots across the board. I really just prefer them in general.
For the first time, the blood donation actually affected me. A couple hours after giving and after having eaten a late lunch and relaxed on the couch, I went into the bathroom and proceeded to do everything in my power to keep from fainting and falling, including beckoning one of the roommates in to watch over me for a moment. I tend to get low blood pressure dizzy spells that cause me to temporarily loose my eyesight in the mornings, usually after picking something off the ground or bending down to put away clean dishes in lower cabinets, but those only last a couple seconds. This went on for a few minutes and was worrisome. Boy, did my face get pale. I blame not having breakfast and then eating lunch too quickly and too soon afterwards. I agree with the roommate that it probably had something to do with all the blood going to my digestive processes and not enough left over for standing-up-straight processes. Overall, it took a couple of hours and lots of water (as recommended after a blood donation) to start feeling normal again.
Right now, bi-monthly blood donations are about the limit of how much I'm tracking time.
That plus at work I go from one month-end crunch time (which in accounting terms is what occurs right AFTER month-end until all the bookkeeping gets closed for the previous month) to the next.
I've been informed that I do still have a job at Six Flags, but despite them reopening tomorrow, I only have a single shift of approximately 5 hours scheduled for July 3rd. Again, so much for trying to earn extra income to jump-start my savings from late fall and winter expenditures.
I should still give thanks for having a job and a meager 2nd job, where some have none.
I am currently having hiccups while typing this up. This is the 3rd time in 24 hours. I typically get hiccups when I'm nervous, so I wonder what I'm nervous about.
This sucks.
I was supposed to schedule my next blood donation for the first weekend in June to give at Carter BloodCare, but I got lazy and put it off. I'm glad I did. American Red Cross announced this week that for an unspecified limited time they will be testing all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies and giving results to donors. It takes 7-10 days, but I applaud both the knowledge and the reason to encourage more people to donate. I really wish Carter BloodCare did the same. I would much have preferred going to them with their brick-and-mortar locations and very large numbers of time slots across the board. I really just prefer them in general.
For the first time, the blood donation actually affected me. A couple hours after giving and after having eaten a late lunch and relaxed on the couch, I went into the bathroom and proceeded to do everything in my power to keep from fainting and falling, including beckoning one of the roommates in to watch over me for a moment. I tend to get low blood pressure dizzy spells that cause me to temporarily loose my eyesight in the mornings, usually after picking something off the ground or bending down to put away clean dishes in lower cabinets, but those only last a couple seconds. This went on for a few minutes and was worrisome. Boy, did my face get pale. I blame not having breakfast and then eating lunch too quickly and too soon afterwards. I agree with the roommate that it probably had something to do with all the blood going to my digestive processes and not enough left over for standing-up-straight processes. Overall, it took a couple of hours and lots of water (as recommended after a blood donation) to start feeling normal again.
Right now, bi-monthly blood donations are about the limit of how much I'm tracking time.
That plus at work I go from one month-end crunch time (which in accounting terms is what occurs right AFTER month-end until all the bookkeeping gets closed for the previous month) to the next.
I've been informed that I do still have a job at Six Flags, but despite them reopening tomorrow, I only have a single shift of approximately 5 hours scheduled for July 3rd. Again, so much for trying to earn extra income to jump-start my savings from late fall and winter expenditures.
I should still give thanks for having a job and a meager 2nd job, where some have none.
I am currently having hiccups while typing this up. This is the 3rd time in 24 hours. I typically get hiccups when I'm nervous, so I wonder what I'm nervous about.
This sucks.