Last MI Blood Day of 2010

About 40 people came in today. The good news is, they were more spread out than last week. That's about all I can say, except for the fact that I really like small-talking with the donors.

Pie Day

Almost fifty people donated blood today, and most of them came in the four hours Pure Soul and I were there. There were so many people that they had to wait for a bed two and three at a time. According to one of the nurses, a swing is to be expected. Remember: last week there were less than a dozen. Also, last week ther wasn't pie. I guess Martin's occasionally donates food to the canteen, and this time everyone who even tried to donate blood got to take home a pumpkin pie. Most of us marveled at how well they came out; there was hardly any cracking on the surfaces, but they were all toasty golden brown. On a more related note, we got to fold t-shirts for the days that don't have pie.

Two weeks in and I'm already running out of quaint titles...

Yesterday was day two at the Blood Center; this time Pure Soul was with me. Apparently next week we'll have paperwork to do, now that they know we're a team. Not much happened, because there were fewer donors than usual (probably because of the weather), but a man came in who had donated three whole gallons. That's about four years of regular appointments. We thought that was impressive.

MI Blood: 12-7

All right. So "later this month" became "early next month", but I finally had my first chance to work today at the blood center. They host a general blood drive every Tuesday. I worked in the canteen, which is now called the "hero stop"; it was slow. Before I got there, only eight people had shown up and donated. During the five o'clock hour, about half a dozen more people came in, and most of them set up an appointment for eight weeks from now: the next time they can donate. In all reality, it seemed to be a pretty good turn out for an "open house" (for lack of a better term). Then again, someone mentioned that they had fifty-some potential donors with appointments tomorrow.