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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn spite of it all, I turn 80 today.
Six family members whisked me off this weekend to NYC where we saw Wicked, feasted at the Russian Tea Room, and walked around enjoying the sights.
I wasn't in the mood to go, but it had been planned months ago, when we couldn't imagine the horror that was coming.
It turned out to be a great distraction from sadness, and now my goal is just to look ahead to the midterms and try to outlive the bastard so I can breathe a sigh of relief for the world.
underpants
(186,559 posts)SheltieLover
(59,586 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)surfered
(3,024 posts)Karadeniz
(23,404 posts)MiHale
(10,765 posts)Hope22
(2,821 posts)Im glad you went! The trip sounds full of beautiful distraction! Enjoy your day! We cant let the *er steal our shine! 😁🙏🏼💗
Croney
(4,919 posts)Magoo48
(5,319 posts)I gonna stay alive as long as possible so I can participate in fucking with everything agent Orange tries to do.
Croney
(4,919 posts)Fingers crossed!
debm55
(35,774 posts)Faux pas
(15,360 posts)and Best Wishes too
whathehell
(29,773 posts)You rock!
Croney
(4,919 posts)whathehell
(29,773 posts)I'm a few years behind you, and your attitude reflects my own.
Diamond_Dog
(34,593 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)Alliepoo
(2,488 posts)To You!! Wishing you many more!🎉🎈🎉
Hotler
(12,142 posts)Phoenix61
(17,627 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)livetohike
(22,951 posts)celebrate. Have a great day
Croney
(4,919 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(154,352 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)Linda ladeewolf
(382 posts)🎂🍷🍰 and many more!
Croney
(4,919 posts)Zambero
(9,755 posts)and yes, the midterms can't get here fast enough. There were serious reality checks in 2018 and 2020. Hopefully 2026 will rekindle short memories of precisely why Trumpism was rejected.
Croney
(4,919 posts)evemac
(174 posts)IbogaProject
(3,644 posts)And may the next administration fail themselves and get little done but damage the GOP.
Croney
(4,919 posts)joanbarnes
(1,882 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(176,826 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,385 posts)80 is the new 95.
Croney
(4,919 posts)A very Happy Birthday then!!! And many, many more!!!
Phentex
(16,492 posts)or having anyone do anything.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,919 posts)🙂
calimary
(84,268 posts)I like your attitude. Lets use the midterms to fix a few things that trump and his thuggish knuckle-dragging goons broke.
Croney
(4,919 posts)walkingman
(8,324 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)AllaN01Bear
(23,029 posts)u will be serinaded .
Croney
(4,919 posts)LoisB
(8,625 posts)live love laugh
(14,390 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)Niagara
(9,535 posts)ratchiweenie
(7,923 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)cayugafalls
(5,755 posts)It is a beautiful day!
Croney
(4,919 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,319 posts)Have many great years ahead. May all wishes come thru.
Croney
(4,919 posts)lucca18
(1,310 posts)Sounds like you had a wonderful time !
Emile
(29,711 posts)irisblue
(34,244 posts)Dulcinea
(7,460 posts)DownriverDem
(6,632 posts)Your celebration sounded very good.
Croney
(4,919 posts)Solly Mack
(92,711 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,206 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)Anon-C
(3,438 posts)ReRe
(10,767 posts)What a wonderful weekend it turned out to be, in light of what happened to us all
(at least everyone below the 1%). I'm 5 years behind you.
Many happy returns!
Croney
(4,919 posts)LuckyCharms
(18,939 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)CoopersDad
(2,861 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2024, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
It will pass.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,919 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,962 posts)Got you beat by two years - I am 82!!
katmondoo
(6,495 posts)My Birthday too----- I cannot believe it but I am 95. It sounds so ancient. I think this is my last election and I am so sad it turned out so badly for us (Democrats) Happy Birthday to all 11/11
people.
Croney
(4,919 posts)I left 50 years ago but have many relatives still there.
electric_blue68
(17,928 posts)Glad you enjoyed a visit to my city.
Croney
(4,919 posts)electric_blue68
(17,928 posts)A possible first time Chicago visit is my probably my last first time city visit.
Golden Raisin
(4,674 posts)Croney
(4,919 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,253 posts)Sounds like a fabulous time!
Croney
(4,919 posts)elleng
(135,988 posts)Would have been my (estranged )husband's 80th, but he didn't make it due to illness.
Glad you enjoyed NYC. Been a LONG time since I went to Russian Tea Room, with Dad, as I recall.