red & blue x 2

i have been taking my iron pills for 2 months now so i could give blood when the blood mobile came around to school. there are quite a few students who are old enough to give and do give which is neat. when i went in with my camera for yearbook pictures, i found one of the older givers laying flat on the floor with an ice bag on the back of her neck and her feet propped up on a chair. they already had the windows open so it was a bit chill in there. i didn't take her picture, i wanted to remain friends, but took one of the students giving blood and he was okay. i think he gave just to get food. he tons of sandwiches and cookies and hung out for more than an hour. they were pretty good sandwiches. i ate 3 -----one for breakfast i missed and 2 for lunch---it was 10:30. the hardest part was the needle prick, but it didn't take very long. i think i am supposed to get a t-shirt.

so then that evening i went to vote. i took off my 'i gave blood' sticker, ---but maybe i should have left it on. there wasn't a line, which was good. but my name wasn't on the regular voter list but was on another list. so i did a provisional vote. i thought i registered when i got my driver's license. anyway they let me vote. i remember where i first voted....an absentee ballot at the bank in Enterprise, Kansas, but i don't remember who i voted for. it probably was goldwater. that's probably why i can't remember on purpose.