The "Surviving a Pink and Green Weekend, Finale", edition.

TGood Wednesday morning!  Let's start with Saturday morning. We were told to arrive back at the hotel at 9 AM for the rededication ceremony.  This was the day we had to wear black dresses and pearls....for the ceremony.  The lunch would be held afterwards. I arrived a little before 9. A few sorors were there. And then more started trickling in.  While waiting I met sorors I hadn't met before. And some were from out of town. Lots of photos and social media stuff. I got lightly judged several times for not having Facebook on my smartphone.  Lol.  

Eventually we move into the room  for the ceremony. I won't go into details, but the ceremony was led by the Supreme Basileus Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson. This was an honor!  I did get light headed during the ceremony and standing behind the Soror who insisted on flinging her cape periodically didn't help. I digress. I survived. Prior to starting, an announcement was made to accomodate anyone who needed to sit down during the ceremony. I wasn't going to do it, dammit!  And I didn't, but I sure got out of there as soon as it was finished and sat down on one of those comfy leather couches in the hallway!  Immediately after the ceremony, we had group photos taken with the Supreme Basileus. I was in the Silver Star group, 25+ years as a member. This will be my 40th (!) year. At 50 years, I become a Golden Soror. 

Once we finished all of that, we moved into the ballroom for the Founders Day Lunch. I had the pleasure of sitting with sorors from Los Angels. And because our speaker was the Supreme Basileus, we had sorors visiting from the western states.  How cool was that!!  Once we go through all of the introductions, Soror Dorothy spoke. She is dynamic!  I was duly impressed.  She stayed to eat a bit, but she had to get back to the Midwest.  She was scheduled to leave for Dubai the next day. A very busy lady!  

I enjoyed the conversation with my sorors from California. We exchanged numbers, emails and Facebook names. We were served lunch. Chicken. Eh. I passed. I later met Brian at the casino restaurant.  He'd spent the entire time in the casino. Long enough to get comped several meals, including a steak and lobster meal!  I had a long day.  A great day, but a long day.  I survived!!  

Now I did have a few bouts of light headedness the past week or 2.  And it persisted through Tuesday. Sunday, Brian, Dad and I went to PF Changs for brunch. I experienced the wooziness on leaving the restaurant, specifically when I hit the sunlight. It happened again on Monday. We drove to Primm for lottery tickets. We experienced a dust storm!!  That was pretty funky. Anyway. On the way back the sunlight just messed with me. I had to recline and not focus on the road..almost like motion sickness. WTH?  

So on Tuesday I have my monthly team meeting with my health care team. My blood pressure is low. Well. It's been low for a few weeks. And when I say low I mean numbers like 86/65.  Sometimes the cuff would continuously error out and it would take a while to get a reading. Nurse takes my blood pressure and sure enough, it's stupid low. Doc is informed, they conclude I'm dehydrated. I'm given 100 ml of saline and bam!  BP goes up to 109/89 and I feel better. Duh. So I need to make a few adjustments to treatment. Remember a few months ago I had too much fluid.  Now I do t have enough. Lol. I need to walk that fine line to be healthy. I have to make sure I drink water. And I need to not take so much off during treatment. My dry weight has been increased by .5 kg. 

That's it for today. It rained most of the day yesterday. I've been helping Dad navigate the Medicare web site while he decides on a new Advantage plan. And Brian has signed us up for ceramics class and that starts today. And no, we haven't stopped painting. :)  Stay war and enjoy your day!  

Lol this is how I feel when my blood pressure is low!!!

AKA Supreme Basileus Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson.