A Sweeter Me

The highlights of yesterday include donating blood and giving my wife a rose for no reason. I'll start with the donation. I really enjoying giving blood. Not because it saves lives and truth be told I am a bit nervous around needles. The reason I enjoy giving blood is to talk to the nurses. No offense to the one Phlebotomist I know, but these people are usually a bit off. When I say off, I usually mean in a good way. They seem to enjoy life a bit more than the normal Joe. Perhaps it is because they work with blood all day, perhaps because the ones I normally see are on the road more often than not and it takes a special person to do that, but they sure are fun to talk with. Yesterday's conversation consisted of tattoo's, std's, and blacklights. I can't wait until the end of January when I get to do it again.

The other highlight just happened on a whim. I am trying to work on being a less angry father and husband so my marriage lasts and my kids actually like me. Slowly but surely I am discovering why I am the way I am and how I can change for the better. While thinking of this, I decided that since I had a couple extra dollars in my pocket, I was going to buy Karri a rose and deliver it to her after my blood donation. So I did just that. It should be know that this is something I have NEVER done before, because I look at this as a giant waste of money. A flower will die and is it really worth the $7.00 for 3 seconds of joy? Looking back now, I think it was. Karri's face was classic. I am pretty sure she was waiting for me to tell her I got fired, wrecked a car, had an affair, or something like that. Awestruck couldn't describe her face when I walked in the door. To top it off, she posted the event on Facebook and my cousin Clayton wrote, "You are still married to Adam, Right?" I may have to surprise my wife with sudden acts of kindness with no expectation of anything back in return more often. I think I enjoyed it as much as she did.

Weight - 208.0 Down 2.2 lbs since yesterday. I suggest donating blood as an excellent way to drop a couple pounds. It was obviously effective.