Golf

I played a round of golf on Friday with my 3 uncles and 3 of my cousins.
I've been playing golf since I was young, probably about 6 or 7. I hadn't played a full proper round for quite a few years mind you cos none of my friends are into golf, but I wasn't too bad as a youngster and I go to the driving range now and again.
However, I was totally gash, I mean I was really really rubbish.
The par for the course is 71 i hit a 111. That's 40 over par.
40 over!!!

Turns out my driving is woeful. Every drive I hit ended up in the trees or in a burn or in some bushes or anywhere apart from the fairway.

My irons and chipping shots were ok but then when it came to putting I went back to rubbish again!

But never mind, that doesn't matter cos I had a good day out and we all had a good laugh, especially when my cousin forgot to bring a change of shoes and had to go into the club house in his socks.

Whoever said golf is a waste of a good walk wasn't far off the mark.

Blood Donor

I gave blood last Wednesday.
It was something I'd always wanted to do but I'd just never got round to it.
When I saw the poster up in my work I signed up for it.
I got to the blood truck thing and waited for about an hour in the queue. The people running the truck couldn't have been nicer mind you. I got the the little thumb prick test which made me jump!
Then I got taken to one of the bed things and told to lie down. All the medical gubbins was set up and we were off!
A mere 5 minutes later and I was finished. The lady took all the tubes and stuff away and gave me a bit of cotton wool to hold on to my arm.
"Lie there for 5 minutes and then you can go." she said.
5 minutes passed, when she came back she asked me if I was ok as she took away my pillow, turned the fan on and made me raise my knees.
I felt absolutely fine but she said I was really pale. After 5 minutes she got me to sit up, then 5 minutes later again she told me to lie back down, another 5 minutes I was to sit up, another 5 minutes later I had to lie back down. This happened a few more times, all the while I felt totally fine though.
Eventually they let me go, I got made to drink a load of juice and eat a chocolate biscuit first though (they don't do tea any more, caffeine's bad for you apparently). I got back to the office and sat at my desk, ten minutes later it hit me. I felt like my head was full of cotton wool, I was dizzy and hot and just felt weird. I went home and spent the rest of the night flat on my back.

I've done it once but I shan't be doing it again!