Blood, Sweat and Tears

So Ryan came home from work a few weeks ago, took off his jacket and said, "Make sure you wash that in hot water"--he then proceeded to tell me the story about the blood all over his shirt sleeve and inside of his jacket sleeve as well.
Anyone who knows Ryan knows that he is an extremely hard worker and will take any opportunity to go that extra mile. So, pretty much since he has started working at Genentech he has been providing blood draws to them for research just to make a few extra bucks here and there. He goes in once a week in the morning and they draw his blood and he gets some money. The blood demand is a little different each week so sometimes he gives a lot and sometimes he gives a little. So anyways, this particular day after he had gotten his blood drawn the girl didn't put the bandage on tight enough and as he was walking out the door he felt a little trickle...He took his jacket off and blood was just GUSHING out of his arm!

It was when he told me that story that I decided I needed to do a post entirely dedicated to my amazing husband:
This is Ryan's schedule - Alarm sounds at 5:30 AM. Rides bike (before the sun comes up) to his vanpool stop where he proceeds to board a 15-passenger van with 12 other Asian women (this in itself is risky--Asian women driving large van!). An hour and a half later he arrives at work. Then he goes to give blood (if it's Friday). He pencil pushes his morning away and then works out on his lunchbreak. He gets off work at 4:30 and one day a week he goes straight to class until 9:45--arrives home about 10:15 PM then gets to bed around 10:45 and starts the day all over at 5:30 AM. One weekend a month he has class all day Saturday. And one weekend a month he has drill for his Navy Reserve all day Saturday and Sunday. And as if that weren't enough, he fulfills his church calling faithfully, which requires an extra few hours a week. When he is home and not studying or making phone calls for church, he helps with dishes and chores and playing with kids and takes me on dates about every other weekend.
Everything he does is to the end of providing the best that he can for his family, both spiritually and physically. My husband is spectacular!