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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
(186,650 posts)SheltieLover
(59,610 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)surfered
(3,116 posts)Karadeniz
(23,423 posts)MiHale
(10,783 posts)Hope22
(2,873 posts)Im glad you went! The trip sounds full of beautiful distraction! Enjoy your day! We cant let the *er steal our shine! 😁🙏🏼💗
Croney
(4,924 posts)Magoo48
(5,353 posts)I gonna stay alive as long as possible so I can participate in fucking with everything agent Orange tries to do.
Croney
(4,924 posts)Fingers crossed!
debm55
(36,083 posts)Faux pas
(15,365 posts)and Best Wishes too
whathehell
(29,798 posts)You rock!
Croney
(4,924 posts)whathehell
(29,798 posts)I'm a few years behind you, and your attitude reflects my own.
Diamond_Dog
(34,640 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)Alliepoo
(2,488 posts)To You!! Wishing you many more!🎉🎈🎉
Hotler
(12,168 posts)Phoenix61
(17,648 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)livetohike
(22,968 posts)celebrate. Have a great day
Croney
(4,924 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(154,538 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)Linda ladeewolf
(394 posts)🎂🍷🍰 and many more!
Croney
(4,924 posts)Zambero
(9,764 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
(4,924 posts)evemac
(175 posts)IbogaProject
(3,652 posts)And may the next administration fail themselves and get little done but damage the GOP.
Croney
(4,924 posts)joanbarnes
(1,887 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(176,852 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,398 posts)80 is the new 95.
Croney
(4,924 posts)A very Happy Birthday then!!! And many, many more!!!
Phentex
(16,504 posts)or having anyone do anything.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,924 posts)🙂
calimary
(84,331 posts)I like your attitude. Lets use the midterms to fix a few things that trump and his thuggish knuckle-dragging goons broke.
Croney
(4,924 posts)walkingman
(8,343 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)AllaN01Bear
(23,047 posts)u will be serinaded .
Croney
(4,924 posts)LoisB
(8,666 posts)live love laugh
(14,408 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)Niagara
(9,586 posts)ratchiweenie
(7,923 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)cayugafalls
(5,755 posts)It is a beautiful day!
Croney
(4,924 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,320 posts)Have many great years ahead. May all wishes come thru.
Croney
(4,924 posts)lucca18
(1,315 posts)Sounds like you had a wonderful time !
Emile
(29,832 posts)irisblue
(34,265 posts)Dulcinea
(7,476 posts)DownriverDem
(6,646 posts)Your celebration sounded very good.
Croney
(4,924 posts)Solly Mack
(92,819 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,219 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)Anon-C
(3,438 posts)ReRe
(10,777 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
(4,924 posts)LuckyCharms
(18,976 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)CoopersDad
(2,876 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2024, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
It will pass.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,924 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
(4,924 posts)I left 50 years ago but have many relatives still there.
electric_blue68
(18,013 posts)Glad you enjoyed a visit to my city.
Croney
(4,924 posts)electric_blue68
(18,013 posts)A possible first time Chicago visit is my probably my last first time city visit.
Golden Raisin
(4,674 posts)Croney
(4,924 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,255 posts)Sounds like a fabulous time!
Croney
(4,924 posts)elleng
(136,071 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.