There is a first time for everything and I have gotten to experience a lot of the "first times" with the couch. This is one of those times. I met up with the
Young Professionals of Mchenry yesterday for a
Heartland Blood Center Blood Drive. This was my first time giving blood and, like many others, I am not the best around it.
I had a little war going on inside me. I was nervous, but I was also fighting that nervousness and I thought that I was winning. Until someone walked in and said "Nervous?". I asked if I looked nervous and the whole room agreed that I did. When a room of people tell you you look nervous, your nervous.
I got in the bus and found my station and the nerves continued. I was cracking jokes the whole time so that kept me busy. All in all, it was not as bad as I built it up to be in my head. The staff at Heartland was great and made everyone feel very comfortable..... maybe a little TOO comfortable. I ended up missing the picture on the couch due to the free cookies and juice. "I think I need some more cookies."
To make matters worse, I lost the picture of the couch at the drive while I was uploading it here..... Time to donate more BLOOD!
I even got the head of the Fox Lake Fireworks committee, Noreen, to join me on the couch for the official picture.
The boat show may be the only place that really offsets the oddness of the couch. Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of boats, the couch really looks out of place. I was very careful not to leave any plaid rub burns on any fiberglass as I left the place.