Quite Possibly the Worst Day Ever

• This morning I woke up late but still needed to finish my English homework.  (I did get it finished, though.)
• My mom made pancakes, but by the time I got downstairs there was no more syrup or powdered sugar.
• When I went to print out my paper the printer wouldn't work, so I had to open my paper on a different computer connected to a different printer.
• Because I left late, I was late to school.
• When I got to school I realized that I had forgotten my calculator and English binder at home.
• Because of my lack of calculator, I couldn't do most of my Calculus and Physics work in class... and today was a day when she actually gave us time in class to do our work... as in like the entire class period-worth.  So I was pretty much pointless.
• When I was in line for lunch, the food in my line ran out right as I was up to get food.  Like no joke. I was the next person in line.  And I didn't have enough time to get into a different line... so I just bought a milk and ate Maddie's carrots.  (Thank you Maddie.)
• I was informed that when you pass out while giving blood they take the needle out right away.  And if you weren't done then they can't use your blood.  So they throw it away.  So I wasted my time, blood, and energy giving blood.  I didn't even save three lives like I originally thought I had. :(  I feel so useless.
• I was in such a bad mood that I couldn't concentrate in Chamber Singers, and Mr. Casperson kept making comments towards the alto section about not paying attention.  I knew he was referring to me.
• After school I checked the MVSPA page on Facebook to see if they had posted parts.  I knew Ursula was between me and one other girl.  She got it.  I'm the understudy.  I don't mean to sound like a diva, but I'm now not going to do the play.  I know being the understudy is a better part than I could have gotten, but if I had actually gotten the part I would have made time for it... but understudy isn't worth my already over-crammed time.  Oh, not to mention, everyone said I would get the part because I'm a senior, but I lost it to a freshman (or maybe she's a sophomore... frankly, I don't really care).
• I'm in charge at home, and my little neighbor boy wanted to play with my little sister, and I said yes, but then his mom had to leave, but she said she'd be back before I had to leave to go to swim team, so I said he could stay.  And then my dad came home and had to take my older little siblings to piano, and since I would have to leave before he was back he had to take my younger little siblings too.  And then he realized there was an extra child at our house, and this child's mother wasn't home.  So he took him in the car to piano too... after yelling at me for having him stay over when his mom wasn't home.
• And I've felt like crying all day long.
• So now I am crying as I type this.

Well... see?  It just wasn't really the best day. :(  Maybe swim team and water polo will make the day better...?

Ahhh! Blood!

So... guess who gave blood for the first time today!
THIS GIRL! :D :D
It was so scary, and yet incredible exciting.  And it was so gratifying!  To know that by just taking forty-five minutes out of my day I could save three people's lives. :)

The worst part was definitely the finger prick at the beginning.  Ouch.  That hurt.  And now my finger is bruised, so just sitting here typing hurts. :/  Ouchies.

And you know, when I passed out it wasn't even that bad.

Yes, I passed out.

But that's all right!  I pass out quite a bit, actually.  I talked to my dad about it, and it turns out that I just have a really sensitive vasovagal response.  (Which, in English, pretty much just means that the littlest things like cramps, nausea, or even thinking about certain things can cause my heart to slow down, and not enough blolod gets to my brain.)  I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it says that vasovagal syncope (fainting) is actually quite common.  It says that 40%-50% of the population will pass out at least once in their life.  Now... to me that doesn't sound very common.  Less than half of the population will ever pass out in their life time?  And a great part of those will only do so once?  I must be pretty unique.  Because I've passed out at least 20 times.  The first time I was like 7, and I fell at Skateland.  And the most recent time (other than today giving blood) was a couple months ago just randomly.

But anywho.  I felt perfectly fine after I gave blood. :)  And I got free Jamba Juice.  :)  It was great.  But they said I shouldn't give blood again since I passed out. :(  Which is unfair.  I think I'm going to again anyway, and I'll just try harder to not pass out. :)