A special delivery and a Tunnocks Tea Cake

It feels like the side of our house is about to come off.  We are currently being battered by 90mph winds and the rain is pelting against the window.  It’s been like that for most of the day and it there doesn’t seem to be any sign of it letting up.

Venturing out today however was for a very good reason.

Yes it would have been easier to stay in with my feet tucked in my warm slippers and dip into my stash of Christmas chocolates but sometimes a gal’s got to do what a gal’s got to do.  Today I had an appointment to give blood.

I’ve only been a blood donor for a year but it’s something I’m determined to stick to.  Reading an article in the local paper this morning warning that blood stocks were low in our area made me even more determined to keep my appointment, despite the howling gale.

Arriving at the local Blood Donor Centre I was met by an abundance of staff, but very few folk donating.  I was whisked through in record time and before I knew it I was hooked up for my donation.  Then something wonderful happened.  Chatting to the guy who was in charge of my gushing arm (I know it’s never that dramatic, but hey it’s my blog and it makes me sound much braver than I really am) he remarked on the queue – sure enough in the space of 10 minutes they were queued out of the door with people waiting to make their donation.

It seems that there were plenty of others also willing to brave the elements to try to improve the low blood stock situation.  So, yes it’s true giving blood makes you feel good.  I now have a warm glow – and it’s not just because they give you a hot cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit.  But hey if there are Tunnock’s Tea Cakes on the go then count this gal in every time.  I think that’s a pretty fair swap for a pint of blood, don’t you?