Appendicitis!

This is an OLD SCHOOL poster, but it's true!

I went to work on Monday (a few weeks ago) and told everyone all day about how my abs hurt. Then at 9 PM that night the pain was so intense I was awake all night. I went to Urgent care at 7 AM when they opened and was there until noon. They gave me pain meds and sent me home with a "if it gets worse, go to the hospital!"

I managed a short nap (thanks pain meds!) for about an hour and woke up with EVEN WORSE pain. So I went to the hospital and had a CT scan of my abdomen. It revealed that my almost 2 days of pain meant acute appendicitis and I needed it out IMMEDIATELY!

They took me into surgery at 11 PM and I was finished at Midnight.

A few weeks later I'm still weak in my ab muscles and have 3 incisions across my stomach, but am alive and MUCH better!!!!!

"Hair"

'Tis the season for me to play in musicals. Straight off the heels of "Little Women" I'm now playing in "Hair."

The story line for Hair is a little confusing (although the guitarist has hypothesized this is because everyone was stoned back then, even the dudes who wrote it). But the music kicks ass!

In the song "Hair" the patented Phaedra declares they're takin' it home sequence goes like this:

They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga.
My toga made of blonde, brilliantine, biblical hair.

My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah I adore it!
Hallelujah Mary loves her son
Why won't my mother love me...

Hair, hair, hair, hair......

Ohh, I'm rockin' just thinking about it! Good times. I think quite a few of my peeps are coming to see the show too, which I love.

Now if I can just get these appendectomy wounds to heal before the shows start next week.....