Ugh!! Day

[dalthauser]

Today was the day I went to donate platelets in San Antonio.  I'd planned to finally visit the Green vegetarian restaurant there for lunch - then over to Whole Foods to pick up a few things on the way home.  I did donate......

Please forgive the whining......

It all started when I was up the road a few miles and realized I forgot my digital camera.  It goes everywhere with me, and it wasn't in my purse.  Bad omen. 

I got to the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center on time (after having to double back because I missed it).  The screening took a long time, and I didn't get into the donation room until 9am. 

Then the tech insisted on using my right arm to take the initial platlet test -  now I have three really dark blue bruises where she jabbed me and jabbed me and moved the needle around looking for a vein.  So, they find out I have PLENTY of platelets (they said like a man - - I think that was meant as a compliment). 

They hooked me up to the machine and put on a DVD (Juno - loved it) and they finally started the procedure at 9:30am.  It finally finished at 11:15 am, and I was a little annoyed since I wanted to be at lunch by 11am.  I left the building finally at 11:30am and hit the road to find Green.

After the first three attempts to find it (backtracking to where I knew where I was each time and starting over0 I was beginning to think it was not meant to be.  On the fifth (yes, I'm persistent) try I ran into a sign pointing the way to I-35 North (the way home) and I took it as a sign....... (by this time it was 12:55pm)

On the way back North I saw the sign for Eisenhauer road and thought "ok, this doesn't have to be a total loss - I'll stop at the big Goodwill "everything for a dollar" supercenter.  I got off and turned down the wrong road in major traffic, backtracked and got to the right road 20 minutes later and pulled into the parking lot...... it's not there anymore!  Jeez!!!!  LoL  I swear I just laughed. 

Now I'm home - and I'm putting primer on hallway trim and installing chicken nest boxes (I'll post on this later).

Whew!

Comments

[madamealexis.livejournal.com]

I wish I would have known you were in SA. I would have loved to meet you in person.

I love Green's! If you sign up with their email list they tell you specials and send you coupons. I got one just today for $2 off on any entree.

Sorry you had such a ruff day.

[sahlah.livejournal.com]

You a Platelet Pheresis donor! Way to go. I used to donate blood routinely until they got a upset about mad-cow. Now anyone with more than 6 months in Europe during 1980's pretty much is disqualified. Sucks.

That restaurant looks great. I hope you get another chance to eat there. Call them and get very specific directions. I make people tell me land marks! :)

Nest boxes mean eggs soon. Wahoo.

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

Next time you tell the them which arm or you're out of there. Years ago i had a tech insist on my veinless left arm, that hurt for a week afterword. You're doing them the favor!

Glad you were able to laugh off the morning.

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

That was very lovely of you to donate platelets.

At least they could have given you a cuppa and a biscuit as they do for blood donorsa here!

I'm sorry you didn't get to that restaurant.

Traffic snarls. I know all about them! I have to go to the big city occasionally, and I know how it is to get 'lost' in the centre!

I agree with Joe. I insist on your left arm or you're outa there!

[reyvin.livejournal.com]

Eeek, I hate days like that. :(

[walksbeauty.livejournal.com]

OK, so I'm the one commending YOU on your BEST attitude. I would have been CRAZED.. There is nothing I can handle about getting lost and driving in circles in traffic and being poked and bruised and spending that much time laying around .. even if I was doing a good thing for some person. I would have been cursing, maybe crying, gotten home and smoked pot! hahahaha or gone to sleep! and you were painting and doing chicken nest box things.. wow.. you could be my idol!