Tomber dans les pommes

Hi friends,

Today I have a French phrase for you. I'll explain what it means to "tomber dans les pommes" with a little story about a dreaded task that I completed today.

What's the dreaded task? Having blood drawn. I know, laugh...I am 44 years old, and yet when the doctor gave me a piece of paper and instructed me to go to a lab and have blood drawn, I procrastinated. For something like 10 months. The reason is simple:  unless I'm very careful, I pass out every time they take blood from my arm. A finger prick is fine, but more than that and I "tombe dans les pommes." Et voila. If I take something to eat and stay in a reclined position for fifteen or so minutes after the blood letting, I'm ok, but you can see why I don't relish the thought of completing this task. So I put it off...as long as I think possible.

But today was kind of it, so I did it. Got up this morning, grabbed some post-blood-drawing cookies, walked to the lab, waited my turn, warned the lab worker who was extremely nice and patient with me, and looked the other way while she took care of the rest. A couple of cookies and fifteen minutes later, I was back on the street and fine, and je n'ai pas tombé dans les pommes. Super! Such a RELIEF to have that behind me.

So, today on my list:

1)  having an unpleasant task that has haunted me for almost a year DONE and behind me
2)  the lady at the lab who was super, super nice
3)  youtube
4)  a short to-do list
5)  a party tomorrow night!

So what about you? Tell me what you're grateful for!
bisous