I gave blood today.
It really wasn't all that bad.
I got to miss two of my classes and sat around for a while drinking orange juice and eating sugar cookies. All in all, a good day.
I expected it to be some horrible procedure, mainly from all the remarks I was given about donating blood. I was a little nervous. Actually, I was incredibly nervous after I saw the needle they were using. The injection wasn't bad at all, the only thing that annoyed me was the needle moving around in my arm every time I took a breath.
The cookies were good.
I got a sticker, which ripped and fell off before I got home from school.
I also got a little pin with a picture of a little girl looking out a window. Across the top was some heartfelt phrase about donating blood. I lost that pin. I think it fell out of my pocket in the bathroom, along with my favorite pencil.
Like I said, a good day.