Day 16: The Day I Saved One Life... And Took Another

Wellp, today was the first and hopefully only day that I will ever break the Whole30 program. Before you start gettin' all judgmental and shit you must know that I broke my program in order to save a life. I don't know whose life, but a life nonetheless. I donated blood. Yes, that is how I saved a life. An entire pint of blood was drained from my body today. And what's funny is when I asked the lady how much she took out and she said a pint all I could think about was fucking ice cream. Go figure.

More like death newtons

So here's how it went down. I have O+ blood and there is currently a shortage. As any good citizen would do I decided that it was my turn to give blood - at any cost. The last, and only time, I attempted to give blood (which was 6 almost 7 years ago in military technical school) I passed out in the chair almost immediately after the needle went in. Not because I am a pansy and am afraid of needles, I was just an emaciated little stressed out 18 year old. Anyways, because of this the lady was extra cautious and made me chug, yes chug, an entire can of fruit punch flavored gatorade before even giving blood. Boy was that a sugar rush. After giving blood she made me sit in a chair and eat a snack. Snack - the death word. Out of all of my choices I decided a Fig Newton was the best way to go. It's Fig flavored and a fig is a fruit, right? Cool. Needless to say I felt ashamed and proud all at the same time. The downside was that about 5 hours later I had the worst stomach ache of my life. Sugar overload and my body didn't like it.

Cobbbbbbbb Salad

On the flip side, I went out to lunch today and was treated to a very tasty cobb salad - without the cheese of course. Chicken, avocado, egg, bacon, lettuce, onions, and lemon/oil as the dressing. Twas quite delicious. I was full for the rest of the day and came home feeling like cooking would be the death of me. So I ran over to HEB and got one of those already made rotisserie chickens without any seasoning and ate some of that. I paired it with some of my homemade BBQ and lemme tell you, that ish is good. Side note: if you're going to attempt to make the BBQ sauce (which probably none of you ever will) go a little easy on the cider vinegar. It comes out rather strong if you use the recommended amount. Overall, my day was eventful and I now look like an addict of some sort because both my arms have puncture wounds in them - oh, because I also got vials of blood drawn at my doctor's office this morning. Ya, anyone say heroin-addict-look-alike? I only kid. I only kid.