"Dizzy"

Well friends this blog is gonna be short because I need to get some sleep. Hold on to your britches, here we go! I got up this afternoon around 3 and ate breakfast (yogurt and a banana-these details will be important later) and headed into work. I got all changed, checked in, and got my makeup done. On top of that, God was so good and gave me a phenomenal schedule for when the fam (“fam” being the rents, Alex, Tommy and Jessica and the girls, and Jordie—they’re all family. Awwww) comes down. I headed up to the PC to wait for the parade to start. We got all suited up and headed to step off around 6:30. We boarded our float around 6:50 and headed out right at 7.
Okay, here’s where the story gets interesting. Now for those of you who know me, I’m not usually a competitive person (unless I’m pranking someone) but the guy on top of the float was doing rocking it out! He was adding so much to the choreography and it looked wonderful! So I was like “alright, you wanna play hard ball!?” so I’m kicking my legs and throwing them up behind me. It probably look like a stuffed doll being thrown about. Well after parade, I was exhausted, but no more than usual…or so I thought…I got to PC and let them start to take off the electrical pieces.
I had a new girl unhooking me tonight so I’m standing there and the room is literally spinning. So I start taking pieces off myself cause I’m thinking I’m about to barf. She’s working real hard but can’t get my shoulder pads off, which are the heaviest part of the outfit. Well at this point, my legs are starting to give out. Finally, she gets if off and I headed into the cage (the area where we change) and make a B-line for the water cooler. I’m squatting there drinking some water and I get the ringing in my ears, so I ask the costume lady if I can sit in one of their rollie chairs—she obliges. As soon as I hit that chair is was like, “This is it! I’m gonna pass out!” The room was spinning and my eyes were crossin’. Well she ran and got the parade manager and he came over, like a champ, and worked to get my fever down. So long (long) story short (kind of), I’m good. I just didn’t eat anything but a yogurt and banana today and when you’ve got parade at night that just doesn’t suffice so…I almost passed out! That’s a new experience; not one I care repeating though! ☺