surgery! and Iowa!

Darlings, you would not believe the goings-on around here. The Colonel had a surgery! His discs ruptured, or something like that, and he was in quite a bit of pain until I rather insisted that he go to see the doctor, who slapped his ass into Swedish Hospital, and cut out some stuff, and put in some other stuff. He is recovering quite nicely, but all the resulting activity has left a body quite drained.

Plus, there is nonsense at the homeplace back in Iowa. Nothing serious - quite the opposite, actually, just the gosssip of a small town - but it has been distracting me to no end, as Mother Vel-DuRay keeps calling me with updates, as she defends a young woman's honor.

The only way I can possibly do the situation any justice is to give you this clip from "The Music Man" (which is an uncanny portrayal of life in Iowa, right down to the clothes) It contains the timeless Hermione Gingold (playing the role of Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn), who always brightens my day.