The last couple of days
It's been awhile since last I posted (except for the Colbert/McElreath thing which I wrote earlier), so I thought it might be time to sum up the last few days around here.
First of all, I gave blood wednesday. Bleeding is not very hard for most folks, but for some reason it took me 35 minutes to fill the bag up. My poor nurse kept fidgiting with the needle, assuming she was doing something wrong, but it was no use. I hope this means that any future severing of my arteries and veins will produce similar results. A guy passed out shortly before I finished giving, so the nurses made me promise to eat and drink and sit for fifteen minutes before returning to class. In fact, they gave me an escort, though the girl was approximately 5'2" and couldn't have supported me anyway. I was about six steps out of the chair, almost to the oh-so-appealing snack table, when a woman burst into the gym and screamed, "Everybody out of the building: NOW!"
That's right kiddies: we had a bomb threat. Now I had just been instructed to eat and sit for fifteen minutes, and I was tantilizingly close to the goodies, so it was hard to know exactly which order I should follow. My escort, ever faithful, grabbed a drink and a biscuit and off we went to the football stadium. I learned later that, because I had not finished early enough for my blood to be properly labeled and boxed, my blood was simply thrown away. The joke wasn't funny anymore.
The other significant piece of news is that last night I got my state championship ring. The team received the hardware at halftime of the football game, which I had thought would be exciting until I found out that we were only a warm-up act for the middle school football team, who won the conference this year. It was an excellent reminder of what is considered important in Mount Airy. Despite my reservations, the ring is shiny and mine, and I'm already deciding what I want my NEXT ring to look like.
Cornhuskin' was this weekend at Meredith, and while I was sad to miss Jennie's big night, I was proud of her class' victory. Crystal enjoyed the evening, as far as I can tell anyway, and the freshmen performed well (well, they came in last. But hey, they're freshmen).
First of all, I gave blood wednesday. Bleeding is not very hard for most folks, but for some reason it took me 35 minutes to fill the bag up. My poor nurse kept fidgiting with the needle, assuming she was doing something wrong, but it was no use. I hope this means that any future severing of my arteries and veins will produce similar results. A guy passed out shortly before I finished giving, so the nurses made me promise to eat and drink and sit for fifteen minutes before returning to class. In fact, they gave me an escort, though the girl was approximately 5'2" and couldn't have supported me anyway. I was about six steps out of the chair, almost to the oh-so-appealing snack table, when a woman burst into the gym and screamed, "Everybody out of the building: NOW!"
That's right kiddies: we had a bomb threat. Now I had just been instructed to eat and sit for fifteen minutes, and I was tantilizingly close to the goodies, so it was hard to know exactly which order I should follow. My escort, ever faithful, grabbed a drink and a biscuit and off we went to the football stadium. I learned later that, because I had not finished early enough for my blood to be properly labeled and boxed, my blood was simply thrown away. The joke wasn't funny anymore.
The other significant piece of news is that last night I got my state championship ring. The team received the hardware at halftime of the football game, which I had thought would be exciting until I found out that we were only a warm-up act for the middle school football team, who won the conference this year. It was an excellent reminder of what is considered important in Mount Airy. Despite my reservations, the ring is shiny and mine, and I'm already deciding what I want my NEXT ring to look like.
Cornhuskin' was this weekend at Meredith, and while I was sad to miss Jennie's big night, I was proud of her class' victory. Crystal enjoyed the evening, as far as I can tell anyway, and the freshmen performed well (well, they came in last. But hey, they're freshmen).
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