Why I Joined the Blog-wagon

Hi my name is Tracie, thanks for stopping by my blog.

So here is a little bit about me...

I am 26 years old and finally working in the real world.  I graduated from pharmacy school last June 2012 and this year has flown by.  I have amazing family, soon-to-be family, friends, a job, a doctorate and a new ring on my finger! 

One of my favorite activities is eating .  I guess you could say I'm a foodie.
This is me during an eating challenge in Columbus,
2.5 lb of dagwood
1 lb of fries
30 minutes...GO

lets just say I failed miserably.  My family was actually shocked that I didn't complete the challenge because I'm known for my four stomachs.

 These are my parents holding their melons...(hehe ☺ ).  They are the best parents in the world..even though I'm a brat some a lot of times

 

and these crazy cats are my sister Amanda (aka Man-poo or Amanda Panda) and my baby brother, who is bigger than all of us, Alex or "Almo". I'm really big on giving nick names

And this is my fiance Matt or "Cheeseball" on his first ever plane ride.  He was very calm 

and last but not least, Sammie or sam-poo, sama-lama-ding-dong, the list doesn't really end so I'll spare you (she is the one in the middle)

I wanted to start a blog to help me keep track of everything.  Lately I feel as though I am just living life and going through the motions, I'm not taking the time to fully appreciate all that I have.  I want to be able to look back at my memories and also share them with others.  Enjoy!

Bleed Blood Give Blood

 

Today I donated blood at Hoxworth right after work.  They prefer you eat a good meal before you donate so I chowed down on my second Egg McMuffin of the day that my lovely fiance (still feels so weird to say that!!) brought to me at work.  (Food is the way to this girl's heart :) )

This got me thinking of how I started donating.  I was the kind of kid who was terrified of needles, I remember getting shots in my leg and and holding my mommy's hand probably until I was 12.  For some reason when I got older, I thought to myself in order to get over this fear I have to donate blood.  (Now that's a gigantic needle!). And I have been donating ever since.

There are pretty many perks to donating blood as well.  I have gotten numerous t-shirts, a cup, movie tickets, food coupons, etc...oh and the saving two lives thing!

Now donors can get points for donating good towards movie tickets, restaurants, t-shirts every time they donate.  It's really a nice program.

The people at Hoxworth are also a riot.  I love joking around with them.  Today I pulled out all the stops and amazed them with my knowledge on blood labs, they were pretty impressed.  I encourage anyone who can, to donate and help save some lives.