Blood for blood

Kind of draggy all weekend. Donated whole blood on Saturday for my mother-in-law who goes in for spinal fusion on Thursday. My actual blood probably won't reach her, but if she needs any, my donation will replace what she gets, and help out with the bills a little bit.

Don't know if that blood loss contributed to my draggy-ness all weekend, but I was a slug. Slept crappy last night (dreams of taking a lower paying job, small apartment that got flooded by a running faucet - even though the water was inches deep in the bathroom, it never got into the bedroom) then proceeded to snap a little plastic part of my sleep-mask - the part that holds one of the straps to the mask. Got to see if it will work still, or else deal with the supply company people who are not terribly prompt.

School field trip today - ugh. Just up the street to the high school to watch a play, but just another disruption in the schedule of things, which stirs up the kids, who don't need any more stirring up.

Lately I have been feeling like that universal kid who is marginally accepted - part of the team but always last to be picked. He tries to do his best job, but it won't be seen because of the stigma of being an outsider to the 'real' group. Yeah, I know it is not reality, but for some reason it still colors my attitude.