January is National Blood Donor Month

I gave blood today, sort of. They stuck me. I kept squeezing the ball. The nurse kept wiggling the needle around, but after 10 minutes she gave up on me. She asked if I drank lots of liquids and I said sure. I asked if coffee counted. She said it has the opposite effect as water. This I already knew. Then I realized I had a large cup at home and then a tall coffee from the Starbucks on my way to work. Crap. What was I thinking giving blood today? Dummy. So I lied and told her I only had a cup and a large bottle of water. She unhooked me and gave me a glass of apple juice, four cookies, and a movie ticket. I felt bad because she only squeezed 33 cc's out of me. I'll try again in 56 days.