Joan's Favorite Friday Frivoloties

1. I was not denied when giving blood today! I am most often deferred because of low iron. The limit is 38. Today she had to take it to the centrifuge, but 38 it was! I have also been deferred because my pulse was too low. (I guess less than 50 can sometimes not be obtimal.) Found out my blood pressure is still low - 102/65. So to those of you who think I worry a lot, well, let's just have a low blood pressure contest and see who wins! Yah! In a couple of days I will get my cholesterol results to see if all is well on that front. But, anyhow, after missing several times, it was truly a thrill to actually get to go through with it.

2. Also because I treated myself to a cheeseburger and French fries after. Despite my non-vegetarian status, I still don't go for hamburgers a lot. I usually talk myself into having chicken or fish because it's "healthier" right? But, no, today was iron restoration day! I had to do it, right? For my own health? (Actually sometimes I have felt pretty horrible the morning after giving blood, but I did not eat a hamburger, so this is also part of a continued experiment to see if I can give blood and not subsequently feel like I'm going to faint in the shower the next morning.

3. *Whew.* Still with me? A patron who'd left his jump drive in one of our computers last Saturday actuall found it at home. Actually, all of Adult Services was thrilled on his behalf on this.

4. In the name of preparatory research for our Alaska trip, I've been watching Northern Exposure. I found Seasons 1 and 2 at Target, as well as 3 and 4, but I didn't buy those. Anyhow. So, I've been watching Northern Exposure, which gives me access to one of my Favorite Funky Fonts (another FFF, if you will), and I am also reminded what TV shows used to be like. You know, like, funny.

5. Matt found the book "How to Speak Southern" in the donations, and lent it to me, so I can brush up. It's amazing how accurate some of this stuff is. For example, "Awf. The opposite of on."

Seriously. That's how I used to say it. And still do, when I'm tired. Two of my favorite phrases are "Dumber than a bag of hammers [self explanatory]" as well as "I took him/her and we had a word of prayer" which pretty much means you blessed the dickens out of him/her.