Bloodletting, Fish, and Snow

Today we decided to honor Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy of service by giving back to the community, of our own blood in fact. I donated a pint but Robin, whose blood type is much sought after, agreed to a double-red donation. Took a half hour just for the ALYX machine to be available, then at least another 20 minutes to separate his plasma from his platelets and recycle one of those back to him, I can't keep track of which. We celebrated by going to our favorite sushi place before my most recent coupons expired, and just about made it home before the snow turned to sleet then back to snow. The temps are starting to plummet now, and I don't even want to think about what's in store, but I feel like we accomplished things today, and now it's time to cocoon for awhile.