Party over here-ah!!!

I was invited to a Breast Cancer Survivor Luncheon. My nurse navigator was the one who extended the invitation and she's great so I really wanted to go. I invited one of my new cancer friends to come along.

When I arrived I checked in at the desk and was given a pink card with my name on it...this will come up later. I was escorted to my chair by one of the many UNR students there as volunteers. Then I walked through the vendors booths and saw some GREAT merchandise. There was also stage with the band's instruments and a staircase that was right at the middle of the stage leading to the dancefloor.

As the event began they had all the survivors line up behind a curtain and the MC introduced us and read our names and our survivorship length of time from the pink card as we each walked out to the band playing this awesome music as the escorts helped us down the stairs. My nurse navigator and my friend and I were the last ones to walk down the stairs and we did it together. But I had a blast with it. I took each escort by the hand and the last one who was on the dance floor, I did a little spin. It was SO fun.

One HUGE party. We ate a great lunch and chatted with the ladies at our tables. Our table was a blast. One of the ladies was hilarious! When they were giving away the door prizes they said, "This ticket is for a painted rock" The lady at my table said, "Well, I hope I win that. You can never have enough of those!" We all just busted up.

So after we ate the band starting playing and my ears were so JOYFUL!!! I was at the second table from the stage and the band hit the first two notes and I said, NO WAY!!! It was all 80s Funk Music. Be still my heart. I flipped OUT!!! I was dancing in my seat singing along to all my favorite music. The lead singer looked at me and I smiled really big and sang along with him and we both were waving our arms and pointing at each other. I swear, the only thing missing was a guy on the dance floor saying, "Wooah, Wooah! Party over here!!" SO 80s.

A lovely black lady walked up behind me and said, "Child, you better get on that dance floor" haha. I told her I would but I'm still too wobbly on my feet to do that yet. OR BELIEVE ME I'D HAVE BEEN OUT THERE!!!


I'm telling ya, if there's anything that could have brought me back to life it's 80s funk music. I have wonderful memories of dancing to all of it at Ricks College and at dance places in Salt Lake in the early to mid-80s. I still know all the lyrics...and since my hair started growing back I have my 80s style-Pat-Benatar-spiked-hair. Well, maybe a cross between Pat Benatar and Joan Jett.

That was it. No boring speaker. (yes, I said that) Just a great lunch, fun prizes, and TONS of dancing. Wooah! Wooah! Party over here!!!

The name of the event is Keeping the Faith. It's named after a news reporter from Oakland named Faith. It is sponsored by the Revivals Health and Wellness Council. I thought it was appropriate to go since I my sign-off is "Keep the Faith"

I'm so going next year. Anyone want to join me??

Keep the Faith