One funny story I forgot from the weekend was when one of the kids I was with remembered that it was supposed to be a “supermoon” that night. \u00a0He raised his arm at a right angle with his hand pointed at his face and\u00a0solemnly\u00a0intoned\u00a0– “The Moon. \u00a0The Sun goes down, the Moon comes up,” \u00a0He’s 4 years old. \u00a0 It was a little funny and also every so slightly creepy. \u00a0Even after he was sent to bed, the adults in the room would occasionally look at each other, raise arms, and\u00a0solemnly\u00a0intone -“The moon”.<\/p>\n
I left work a little early today in order to get a bite to eat before my blood appointment. \u00a0I stopped at McDonald’s on the way and as usual, the place was chaotic. \u00a0Fryers beeping, customers ordering and arguing, kids fighting – the usual. \u00a0I tried to tune things out and eat my nuggets in peace when I happened to catch a snatch of the music playing over the speakers. \u00a0It was Annie Lennox – “No More I Love You’s”. \u00a0 Which is a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0and peaceful song. \u00a0I focused in on that and actually ended up with a small smile on my face.<\/p>\n
I got over to the donation site early and read \u00a0through the materials – then sat down in the line waiting to be called. \u00a0There was a guy two seats over who was loudly\u00a0reciting\u00a0the locations of the ESPN\u00a0restaurants\u00a0and super stores in North America. \u00a0It was the most boring bit of trivia I’ve ever heard and he just kept going on and on. \u00a0 I wondered if someone was helping keep track of him – seemed that he wasn’t quite able to function on his own. \u00a0I busied myself with some paper folding and tried to tune him out. \u00a0I may be a more than a little obsessive about origami, but at least I’m quiet about it.<\/p>\n
When it was finally my turn, I sat with the staff person and she did all the usual checks. \u00a0I told her that I had lived with someone in the past 12 months that had\u00a0hepatitis, but that I had been tested and was clear. \u00a0She thought that would be okay, but had me go through the health questions on the computer. \u00a0When that one threw a flag she had a couple other people over to discuss and they ended up deferring me for a year.<\/p>\n
Which sucks. \u00a0I thought I was doing the right thing with all of this – getting tested, disclosing, etc. \u00a0 But, the rules are the inflexible rules. \u00a0If I had been thinking ahead I would have brought the test results with me – though I doubt it would have done any good. I’m sure there are people with far riskier health issues and less honesty that are donating today – but this O- was not one of them.<\/p>\n
Not the end of the world, but disappointing. \u00a0I guess I’ll start up again in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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