Sat, 26 May 2007
Doing stuff I should have done quite some time ago...
Yesterday I did something, I should have done a long time ago. I donated
blood. I donated blood several times already, especially when I was in army
service and a nearby University hospital called for help, when they where
running low. I must confess it wasn't only the feel good factor
that
motivated me back then; you could donate blood during your duty hours, got some
money, something to eat a way better than the normal food we got and
additionally you where freed from heavy duty for two days. Even after I got
out of military service, I went a couple of times to donate blood.
But for some reason -- I don't know why -- I stopped for a couple of years.
Well; the funny thing is, that the German red Cross has often these collect
blood
sessions in a nearby school, which is on my way back to university,
but even that didn't worked. I always had something else in mind or planed for
that evening.
However, the other day we found a flier of one of those collect blood
sessions
yesterday evening. And so we went there... and where surprised how
many people wanted to donate blood! I can't remember that I ever had to wait
to donate blood, but this time they said they had many first time donors,
which need special care.
Rest of the story is easy: After some interesting conversation (You know
how that works?
-- Yes, I look away, and you do the rest and tell me
nothing!
), Meike and myself had half a liter less, and enjoyed a very nice
meal.
As I already said: I don't understand, why I didn't did it for such a long time; nice atmosphere, nice things to eat, nice people taking care of you... I'm going to donate more often. Perhaps you want to try it, too?
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