Why do I stress? Let me count the ways...

[alisaura]

First, let it be said that I'm not complaining. I have no real problems to stress over or feel hard-done-by about. But I am a stress-head, and in the absence of real problems, my brain delights in finding lesser things to give me aneurysms over.

1. I am going to Mexico in just over a week's time.My longest and closest friend has been living in the

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[pernwebgoddess]

Dude, I'm jealous of your donation center. sausage rolls? Seriously? the places around here give you a bag of cookies and some juice.

That reminds me; when I'm done nursing Rebekah, I really need to go donate. (I'm O+, and have always felt a civil obligation to donate. I can't while I'm breastfeeding, for some unknown reason.)

[alisaura]

I had to cancel the appointment... Have to wait a week after the Hep B jab, although Hep A on its own would have been fine. Sigh! No sausage rolls for me, this time!
Don't you guys get paid to give blood, though?
And yeah, here they make you wait a year after giving birth... and presumably they don't let you donate while breastfeeding either. Maybe they figure it's too much strain on your body, producing milk as well as replacing 450mL of blood? (Or however much you give there.)

[pernwebgoddess]

You can get paid to donate plasma, but regular blood donation is gratis. The funny thing is, I could handle giving blood while nursing... but they prefer to be safe. ;)

I've thought about doing the plasma donation thing. You can donate every so often, and they pay you pretty well. I looked into it once, and it would be the equivalent o $150 a month, something like.

[kerianth]

*HUGS* Good to hear from you! As someone who suffers from, "OMG I'm going to DIE!!!" irrationality every time I step on a plane, made worse by the feelings of guilt about leaving my children motherless when I go flying by myself, I can understand your fears. I offer the fact that I am still here (obviously) in an attempt to ease your anxieties. But I am so jealous of your Mexico trip! Have a brilliant time!

On U2 - I'm going to try to get tickets for Glasgow for Alex and me. I have no idea when they're going on sale. I probably haven't got a chance, but I'll try!

As for giving blood, I'm O+ too so I try to give regularly but sometimes it's hard to find the time around other commitments. But ... sausage rolls! I'd go every three months for them! ;D