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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
(186,611 posts)SheltieLover
(59,599 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)surfered
(3,077 posts)Karadeniz
(23,414 posts)MiHale
(10,777 posts)Hope22
(2,841 posts)Im glad you went! The trip sounds full of beautiful distraction! Enjoy your day! We cant let the *er steal our shine! 😁🙏🏼💗
Croney
(4,922 posts)Magoo48
(5,336 posts)I gonna stay alive as long as possible so I can participate in fucking with everything agent Orange tries to do.
Croney
(4,922 posts)Fingers crossed!
debm55
(35,903 posts)Faux pas
(15,363 posts)and Best Wishes too
whathehell
(29,783 posts)You rock!
Croney
(4,922 posts)whathehell
(29,783 posts)I'm a few years behind you, and your attitude reflects my own.
Diamond_Dog
(34,612 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)Alliepoo
(2,488 posts)To You!! Wishing you many more!🎉🎈🎉
Hotler
(12,153 posts)Phoenix61
(17,641 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)livetohike
(22,964 posts)celebrate. Have a great day
Croney
(4,922 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(154,421 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)Linda ladeewolf
(390 posts)🎂🍷🍰 and many more!
Croney
(4,922 posts)Zambero
(9,761 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
(4,922 posts)evemac
(174 posts)IbogaProject
(3,645 posts)And may the next administration fail themselves and get little done but damage the GOP.
Croney
(4,922 posts)joanbarnes
(1,884 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(176,838 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,392 posts)80 is the new 95.
Croney
(4,922 posts)A very Happy Birthday then!!! And many, many more!!!
Phentex
(16,500 posts)or having anyone do anything.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,922 posts)🙂
calimary
(84,306 posts)I like your attitude. Lets use the midterms to fix a few things that trump and his thuggish knuckle-dragging goons broke.
Croney
(4,922 posts)walkingman
(8,330 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)AllaN01Bear
(23,039 posts)u will be serinaded .
Croney
(4,922 posts)LoisB
(8,639 posts)live love laugh
(14,395 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)Niagara
(9,565 posts)ratchiweenie
(7,923 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)cayugafalls
(5,755 posts)It is a beautiful day!
Croney
(4,922 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,319 posts)Have many great years ahead. May all wishes come thru.
Croney
(4,922 posts)lucca18
(1,312 posts)Sounds like you had a wonderful time !
Emile
(29,780 posts)irisblue
(34,249 posts)Dulcinea
(7,465 posts)DownriverDem
(6,639 posts)Your celebration sounded very good.
Croney
(4,922 posts)Solly Mack
(92,750 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,210 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)Anon-C
(3,438 posts)ReRe
(10,775 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
(4,922 posts)LuckyCharms
(18,960 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)CoopersDad
(2,863 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2024, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
It will pass.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(4,922 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
(4,922 posts)I left 50 years ago but have many relatives still there.
electric_blue68
(17,977 posts)Glad you enjoyed a visit to my city.
Croney
(4,922 posts)electric_blue68
(17,977 posts)A possible first time Chicago visit is my probably my last first time city visit.
Golden Raisin
(4,674 posts)Croney
(4,922 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,255 posts)Sounds like a fabulous time!
Croney
(4,922 posts)elleng
(136,043 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.