When we were done folding, he told me to grab a photo ID and come with him.
I was surprised when he said we wouldn't be getting in the car, but that we would be walking there. So we walked, hand in hand, out of our apartment complex and into the lovely (sarcasm there) city of South Salt Lake.
I was sooooo confused, but as soon as I saw a building across the street with huge red lettering, I knew where we were going. The building read:
CSL Plasma
"What a horrible, horrible surprise!" I wailed and wailed, yet I didn't stop walking. As we walked closer to the building and I couldn't stop talking about how scared I was. I HATE going to the doctor's or giving blood or anything of the sort.
"I know things are tight, but pay day is in two days. We can still scrape by. It doesn't have to be like this!" I told him.
But Giuseppe went on to explain all the additional expenses that would be coming up and he finally convinced me that there really was no other way. With fear in my heart, I kept walking forward. There was no other way.
I should have been mad about being dragged into this, but I was actually kind of grateful I didn't really have a say in the matter and that it was so sudden. Less time to think about it and freak out, you know?
We talked about what it was going to be like and he kept assuring me it would be all right when I started to back out.
About halfway there, Giuseppe turned the opposite direction of the plasma donation center, and into a car dealership.
"What are you doing? This isn't the turn!" I told him, trying to yank him away.
"Yes it is," he said gently. "You're going to test-drive a Subaru Crosstrek," he said.
"What? I am? Did you arrange this?" I asked.
"Yeah, I called in earlier. They have one here you can drive!" he said.
"But what about the Plasma center? Didn't you say it was going to close soon?"
"Baby, we're not going to donate plasma!"
"WHAT?!"
"Of course not. That would be a horrible surprise! No, you get to test drive your favorite car!"
"Yay!!! This is SO MUCH BETTER! Thank you thank you thank you!!"
"So you were planning on tricking me about donating plasma?" I continued.
"Nope, you just assumed that's what we were doing so I went along with it."
What a relief! Unfortunately, during all the trickery, we actually both convinced ourselves that we need to start donating plasma.
So, after test driving my favorite car (which ROCKED), we headed over to the plasma place to get some more information.
We'll see how our appointment tomorrow morning goes. I'm really hoping I get denied.
