First off, some sights from my High School Reunion (kinda boring given most of my pics were with people you won't know...
Above is my girlfriend Amanda and I, whom I've known since Grade 7 and is now married to my other friend, Brody (with one very adorable son, Linden who is now 1 and a bit years old)...
...and this is Angele, the nicest gal I knew in high school who is currently taking her MA in ECONOMICS (crazy girl) at the U of A (who shockingly is still single, along with only a handful of us that evening)...
...and this is Linnea...who I've know since KINDERGARTEN and who was also my first best friend (I'm not too sure how we communicated back then as I only recall knowing how to say "Hi" and my name in English when I was 5) . Linnea is currently married and expecting her first child in October.
The attendance for the reunion was a bit disappointing, considering only aobut 120 people showed up, of which included spouses from a graduating class of roughly 400 (?). There were certainly people I hadn't see for the past 10 years and so we caught up, but there was a fair number of people I had hoped to see that didn't show. Oh well, maybe we'll catch up with each other during our 20 year reunion...
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This is the very unique, funky arrangement I received from a member recently at work. Although from afar it looks like a bunch of weeds, I've been told that this Pitted Protea (the orange petalless flower) is quite rare and very expensive. There was not much of a fragrant smell from the flowers, but it was interesting to look at for sure...
And besides, it's the thought that counts!
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So Superstar, Mrs. L and I tried to do a good deed...donate blood. Long story short, both Superstar and Mrs. L were ineligible to donate due to low iron and only I was able to donate. However, although I was eligible, it didn't necessarily mean I could donate.
Approximately 1 hour spent at the clinic, I left with a cookie and a cup of Coke in my stomach, an ice pack, a blue cheese cloth and a matching blue tensor bandage around my left arm. To spare most of you the disgusting details (sorry Loopers you had to live through the gory details), I was unable to clot for approximately 20 minutes. The super sucky part was though, I didn't even get to donate my pint...what happened?!? All I have to say is that the angle of the needle in my arm would not allow the blood to flow. Will this experience turn me away from donating again?!?...likely not, but I will definitely have to rethink about using my left arm again...
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That's about it for now...hope everyone has a great summer...anyone up for a Taste of Edmonton??? YUM...
2 comments:
It's about time you finally blogged!! I was ready to give up on your page :P
And thanks for sparing everyone else the gory blood donor details - I would've barfed reading it again. Dry heaves were bad enough the first time reading about it.
I thought Linnea looked pretty good, with that preggers glow and all!
Amanda works out like a mad woman...but I think that's mostly cuz she's afraid of looking like her mom in the future!
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