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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
(196,002 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)SheltieLover
(79,588 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)surfered
(12,936 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)Karadeniz
(24,738 posts)MiHale
(12,904 posts)Hope22
(4,651 posts)Im glad you went! The trip sounds full of beautiful distraction! Enjoy your day! We cant let the *er steal our shine! 😁🙏🏼💗
Croney
(5,007 posts)Magoo48
(6,714 posts)I gonna stay alive as long as possible so I can participate in fucking with everything agent Orange tries to do.
Croney
(5,007 posts)Fingers crossed!
debm55
(59,391 posts)Faux pas
(16,281 posts)and Best Wishes too
Croney
(5,007 posts)whathehell
(30,428 posts)You rock!
Croney
(5,007 posts)whathehell
(30,428 posts)I'm a few years behind you, and your attitude reflects my own.
Diamond_Dog
(40,323 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)Alliepoo
(2,821 posts)To You!! Wishing you many more!🎉🎈🎉
Croney
(5,007 posts)Hotler
(13,746 posts)Phoenix61
(18,804 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)livetohike
(24,199 posts)celebrate. Have a great day
Croney
(5,007 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(178,495 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)Linda ladeewolf
(1,134 posts)🎂🍷🍰 and many more!
Croney
(5,007 posts)Zambero
(9,959 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
(5,007 posts)evemac
(310 posts)IbogaProject
(5,796 posts)And may the next administration fail themselves and get little done but damage the GOP.
Croney
(5,007 posts)joanbarnes
(2,116 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,861 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)3Hotdogs
(15,273 posts)80 is the new 95.
Croney
(5,007 posts)A very Happy Birthday then!!! And many, many more!!!
Phentex
(16,698 posts)or having anyone do anything.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(5,007 posts)🙂
calimary
(89,716 posts)I like your attitude. Lets use the midterms to fix a few things that trump and his thuggish knuckle-dragging goons broke.
Croney
(5,007 posts)walkingman
(10,700 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,223 posts)u will be serinaded .
Croney
(5,007 posts)LoisB
(12,803 posts)live love laugh
(16,326 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)Niagara
(11,664 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)ratchiweenie
(8,187 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)cayugafalls
(5,960 posts)It is a beautiful day!
Croney
(5,007 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,396 posts)Have many great years ahead. May all wishes come thru.
Croney
(5,007 posts)lucca18
(1,462 posts)Sounds like you had a wonderful time !
Croney
(5,007 posts)Emile
(41,904 posts)irisblue
(37,317 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)Dulcinea
(9,983 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)DownriverDem
(7,004 posts)Your celebration sounded very good.
Croney
(5,007 posts)Solly Mack
(96,798 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,162 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)Anon-C
(3,440 posts)ReRe
(12,183 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
(5,007 posts)LuckyCharms
(22,447 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)CoopersDad
(3,305 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2024, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
It will pass.
Happy Birthday to you!
Croney
(5,007 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,976 posts)Got you beat by two years - I am 82!!
katmondoo
(6,524 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
(5,007 posts)I left 50 years ago but have many relatives still there.
electric_blue68
(26,710 posts)Glad you enjoyed a visit to my city.
Croney
(5,007 posts)electric_blue68
(26,710 posts)A possible first time Chicago visit is my probably my last first time city visit.
Golden Raisin
(4,752 posts)Croney
(5,007 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,315 posts)Sounds like a fabulous time!
Croney
(5,007 posts)elleng
(141,926 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.