Blood Drive

So I gave blood for the very first time yesterday and it turned out to not be as bad as I thought. I am not afraid of blood but I don't like needles. I just stopped getting all wattery-eyed at the doctors office to get vaccines and such like 3yrs ago. It's embarrassing but I just can't get over that frightful feeling. I always said that I as going to donate blood but I never gained the courage to do it. So yesterday since I was helping out with the blood drive I decided to do it. Of course I needed a litttle encouragement from my friends to help me go in the room. One of my friends decided to do it with me so I would feel more comfortable. So I filled out the papers and stuff and the nurse did all the prep work for me. I'm waiting for my friend but then she tells me that the nurse said her iron was too low. So I had to do it allll by myself.
The nurse brought me to where I sitting to give the blood and started looking for my vein, she couldnt find one. She said " I have tiny veins". So I thought I was free to go I was so relieved. It felt like someone lifted weights off my shoulder. But then another nurse came and looked at my arm said my little veins would do the job, I'm going to do ok. Automatically my eyes started to tear because I couldn't believe I was really going to do it. The nurse saw my face and just started telling me it's not that bad and I'm going to do fine. And in the end I did. Iwas sooo proud of myself.