Pins and Needles

Hello, I hope you all have had a wonderful Friday. Mine was not so good at the beginning but got better in the afternoon. Today was my first time ever giving blood willingly. I have not had that many experiences with needles and they have not been very good ones. Because I have had mono twice, I have gotten my blood drawn so they could run all sorts of tests and things. The first time I had it, I was so dehydrated that they couldn't find a vein so they kept stabbing me in the arm and that hurt quite a bit. The second time was better but I still didn't enjoy it. So naturally I am getting really nervous that it's going to take them forever to find a vein and they are going to have to poke around in my arm with a needle that is quite large. This didn't happen and everything went well except that it hurt a little and because I had worked myself up so much I started to hyperventilate and cry. It took me a while to calm down but once I did I felt as good as a person getting their blood drained possibly could. I had made an appointment early in the morning but I was in the gym for an hour and a half because I forgot to take my permit with me so they had no way to identify that I was who I said I was and I was as old as I am. So I ended up missing all of 2nd and 3rd period but we didn't really do anything important. Just OGT prep which I am so tired of. During lunch Rochelle and Ellen were giving blood so Rachel and I went in to make sure they were still alive. Both of them were well, but Ellen did pass out while they were taking the blood out. Being the good friends that we are, we were like their little personal nurses and went and got them lunch and helped them out of their chairs when they were done. It was a fun experience and I'm sure they both appreciated our help and support. Because Ellen passed out, they gave her cold compresses for her face and neck and this little blanket thing that was supposed to keep her warm. To be funny we pulled the blanket up over her face and said, "You died," because she passed out. Overall, I'd say that my first time giving blood went ok. I think I would've been a lot calmer if I had one of my friends in there with me to keep me relaxed.

Today, even more stupidity was released into the atmosphere during Bio. We were working out of the Coach books and none of the class was paying attention or caring for that matter. Except McMillian and myself. There were just so many stupid comments like for example, "Does the brain have a nucleus?" She was being completely serious. I can only hope that I am not thrown into a massive pit of stupidity like this one in my future science classes because I truly reached a breaking point today. It doesn't help either that because OGT's are in the mornings, I will still have to deal with them all week. No breaks, no shortened periods, just class time for them to waste acting like morons.

On a lighter note, today is Friday and it was even warmer today than it was yesterday. I have absolutely nothing to do this weekend except rest and figure out what I am going to go with all the extra time I will have after OGT's without my iPod. I guess it's state law that you can't have an iPod or your phone in the testing area. I understand it but I want my music!
I also figured out this whole Youtube Downloader thing so now I have both of the Shane Dawson Degrassi spoofs on my iPod and parenting tips from Britney Spears that are hilarious as well as three songs by Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike) that are quite fantastic! *cue Johnny Weir*. Unless anything extremely fantastic that I must post about happens this weekend you can expect another post on Monday! Write Soon!