Am I dying or something?

Rainy Belize



Rainy New Brunswick



Woke up this morning with thougths of getting stuff together for tomorrow's Open House for the Quilt Show at the Library.  I am doing the Strips of Love where the public sews on the jelly roll quilt to complete two donation quilts.

I didn't feel much like moving around or doing anything but sitting on the sofa watching my dog sleep in

                                                    peaceful painfree sleep.  The phone rings.

Alaskan Sunset

It is Carrie.  She wants to know if I want to come see her office.  They moved to a new office in May and I have never been invited to see it.  I have mentioned it a few times and she has never just said, Come on down!  I don't want to barge in on her so I politely wait.

She says, Come on down!  And adds we can get some lunch while I am there.  And maybe we can go donate some blood.  And then we can go visit Grandma.

Boston Sunrise

I am stunned.

I sit in silence and slowly digest this.  I ask, Am I dying or something?

She laughs, I know it sounds weird, but you need something fun, and the hospital keeps calling about a blood donation (she is a universal donor) and she hasn't seen my mom in a long time.  And of course, we need to eat.

New York Sunrise

Kennebunkport Day

                                                   So I am meeting her at noon-thirty.

                                             glen:  and hope to make it through the day.

Donating blood for health - yours

I have the quietest followers in all the land.  Nobody makes a peep, except for Marie!  And the ladies on the Design Wall Monday group, they can be a riotous bunch.

This morning I have a headache, I think Marie gave it to me. 

I have been sitting and watching the yard excitement between the birds and the squirrels.  There were 6 squirrels foraging in the grass.  Occasionally there would be a tussle over a spot but they generally just minded their own seeds and nuts. 

There must have been 30 birds including 2 huge black grackles, a bossy brown mocking bird and a ton of those juvenile delinquent cardinals.  The cardinals have not finished turning their bright red but they are redder than last week.  I did find some dull red feathers on my door mat, too many to be just casually dropped so I figure Cali must have gotten a slow one.  She's not talking.

Yesterday Frank and I went to the health food store and got a blood analysis done.  It was interesting to see a drop of blood under the microscope.  You could see differences between mine and Frank's.  My blood cells were nice and round while his had some jagged edges.  That is free radical damage probably from all the plants he is in almost daily. 

The tech said that the best way to cleanse your blood and strengthen your body is to donate blood on a regular basis.  That forces your marrow to manufacture new red blood cells to replace what you just took out.  And that cleanses the liver, the pancreas and the blood system.

Never thought of that.

glen

PS He only took a tiny drop of blood, not the amount you see in the picture!  LOL.