I've been terribly delinquent about hitting the local blood drive, now that there isn't really a local blood drive for me. So I signed up for today's blood drive at work.

Now, I know I have trick veins. The ones in the crook of my arm (from which they usually take blood) run at kind of a funny angle. And sometimes they have trouble, but the vast majority of the time I've been able to donate without issue. Today, they tried both arms, weren't able to get decent blood flow and had to give up. So I'm bandaged on each arm.

Feh. I bet I'll have pretty bruises tomorrow.

Just in case y'all wanted the proof. I look extra puffy because (a) I am really fat and (b) because I took the photos at kind of a funny angle with my cameraphone.

The right aches just a tiny bit, but otherwise it doesn't hurt. Ugly, though, aren't they? The yellow is not bruising, by the way. It's just that betadine stuff they use to sterilize the are before using the needle. I wonder if they'll get more spectacular tomorrow or if this is going to be the high point.

Sorry if this grosses anyone out. They're just bruises. If anyone complains, I'll drop them under a lj-cut.

Clearly It Was a Bad Day To Try To Give Blood - Right
Originally uploaded by Kit Kendrick

Clearly It Was a Bad Day To Try To Give Blood - Left
Originally uploaded by Kit Kendrick